London Highway Robber Killer, Sentenced To At Least 34 Years In Prison.

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-44898264

It is very rare to see one of London's killers caught and convicted, at one time if a murder was committed there would be a mass police investigation until the murderer was caught and convicted, now it seems a rare occasion, could it be that because most of London's escalating murders are committed by ethnic minorities, and the police do not want to be labelled racist? It has happened in the past.

[fiction-factory]

>could it be that because most of London's escalating murders are committed by ethnic minorities, and the police do not want to be labelled racist?

If you think that may be the case then i don't think anything we say will convince you otherwise.

I wonder whether the term 'ethnic minority' is right here- do you mean black/brown?- since the 'minorities' are actually teh majority in some of these areas

[Rockrose]

//It is very rare to see one of London's killers caught and convicted//
Sorry do you have by any chance the stats to back that claim up please?

[ummmm]

If you look at the prison population I think you'll find that the authorities are not afraid to be labelled racist.

[andy-hughes]

It's a convenient supposition, that rising crime by 'ethnic minorities' is not prosecuted because of fears of accusations of racism.


Convenient - but highly unlikely to be true.


After all, which is more likely to damage the police profile, and the public's faith in the organisation - fears of racism accusations, of fear of avoiding racism accusations by not prosecuting criminals on the basis of ethnicity?


Not hard to work out the answer.

[ToraToraTora]

dam savage should never see the light of day again.

[andy-hughes]

TTT - Is that your default response to every convicted criminal you talk about on here?

[ToraToraTora]

not all, mosty murdering savage scum

[dannyk13]

AOG
//It is very rare to see one of London's killers caught and convicted//
Although the conviction for London murders has dropped from nine out of ten two years ago to one in three it can not be described as very rare.

[anotheoldgit]

andy-hughes

/// After all, which is more likely to damage the police profile, and the public's faith in the organisation - fears of racism accusations, of fear of avoiding racism accusations by not prosecuting criminals on the basis of ethnicity? ///

Isn't that what happened over the Asian/Pakistani, grooming gangs?

The perpetrators; predominantly Muslim Pakistani men. The crimes; not dealt with by authorities for years, because police and local councils did not want to be accused of racism.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/03/telford-and-the-left/

[Mamyalynne]

Glad he's caught and locked away.

[youngmafbog]

You are correct TTT. An absolute savage this one, should be on the end of a rope.

[anotheoldgit]

Well it seems that the Met Police Commissioner has come up with the answer, Investigations into these murders are met with 'a wall of silence' from the 'community' and that officers faced a "challenging environment".

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/13/murders-becoming-harder-solve-met-police-commissioner-admits/

[anotheoldgit]

youngmafbog

/// You are correct TTT. An absolute savage this one, should be on the end of a rope. ///

We did once hanged highway robbers.

[ummmm]

Yes, AOG, but that's not an option now so it's completely pointless for AB users to keep saying it.

[ToraToraTora]

I think breaking on the wheel would be more appropriate.

[dannyk13]

They should bring back 'hard labour' which they could do building roads etc.

[Rockrose]

The last highway man to be hung was apparently in 1815 so I think we have moved on from then.

[anotheoldgit]

ummmm

/// Yes, AOG, but that's not an option now so it's completely pointless for AB users to keep saying it. ///

We can but dream, be interesting to see the results of a referendum if one was to carried out, to bring back capital punishment, 'YES' or 'NO'.

[ummmm]

Danny - and what about the road builders that are employed to build the roads? And anyway....who will pay to train them? It's actually a skill and you need numerous licenses.

[ummmm]

It would be a NO from me, AOG.