Mother Accused Of Stabbing To Death Her 3 And 1 Year Old Daughters.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3325087/Pictured-Two-young-girls-stabbed-death-mother-Bradford-house.html

Two more little young lives cut short in this oh so cruel world of ours, RIP little Evelyn and Jasmine.

[wolf63]

Very sad - they look like lovely little girls.

The world does seem to be an evil and cruel place - it does not bode well for the future.

[Baldric]

Very sad. It would appear there is no doubt that she did it, but I do think we need to know what went on behind the scenes, what caused it.

[Mamyalynne]

RIP little angels.

[joeluke]

'fails to appear in court because she's 'very distraught''

Another example of our soft justice system - she's allegedly stabbed her kids to death and yet can't face standing in front of a judge

She should have been dragged to the dock to answer the charges

[andy-hughes]

joeluke - //'fails to appear in court because she's 'very distraught''

Another example of our soft justice system - she's allegedly stabbed her kids to death and yet can't face standing in front of a judge

She should have been dragged to the dock to answer the charges //

I don't think it is connected to our justice system - 'soft' or not.

It would be pretty simple to conclude that an element of mental illness is involved here - stabbing your own children is not the action of a rational mother.

So until this woman can be properly assessed and is deemed fit to appear in court, there is no point in organising an appearance in which she is unaware of what is happening around her.

Time will unfold the background to this dreadful tragedy, but I am reasonably sure that you will find mental illness at the root of it.

[Barsel]

I will never understand why some people can kill, especially children. Are these people mentally ill or just plain evil. RIP little girls xx

[ummmm]

Barsel - Mentally ill.

[douglas9401]

That's going to save the NHS a fortune. Diagnosis by Answerbank.

The courts will be pleased too.

[andy-hughes]

douglas - //That's going to save the NHS a fortune. Diagnosis by Answerbank. //

My post is a supposition - and reads as such.

Perhaps not an appropriate place for sarcasm?

[ummmm]

Douglas - sane people do not kill their children.

[andy-hughes]

Barsel - //I will never understand why some people can kill, especially children. Are these people mentally ill or just plain evil. RIP little girls xx//

I don't think anyone can understand - with the exception perhaps of psychologists with vast experience of dealing with these situations.

Put simply - you cannot apply rational thought to irrational actions - there is no 'reason' that the rational mind can comprehend.

[douglas9401]

Let's wait and see shall we?

[Peter Pedant]

Mad lady
will be found unfit to plead ( about a third to a half of murders are done like this )

[andy-hughes]

Peter Pedant - //Mad lady
will be found unfit to plead ( about a third to a half of murders are done like this ) //

The term 'mentally ill' is kinder - and more accurate.

[andy-hughes]

douglas - //Let's wait and see shall we? //

I think that's actually what I said.

[ummmm]

Regardless...sane people do not kill their children.

[Peter Pedant]

AH o god you are in a mimsy mood today
do the phrases change the facts ?
( or in this case 'future facts' )

altho I have learnt to say unfit to plead and not criminall insane ....

[andy-hughes]

Peter Pedant - //AH o god you are in a mimsy mood today
do the phrases change the facts ?
( or in this case 'future facts' ) //

It's nothing to do with being 'mimsy', or 'PC' - it's to do with attitudes to mental illness - sufferers of which live with the daily flippant attitudes of people who lack understanding.

No, phrases don't change the facts - but which would you prefer - that I gently took you to task for your wordage, or called you an ignorant moron?

I think a little kindness is in order here, for a dreadful situation.

[Peter Pedant]

// ....that I gently took you to task for your wordage, or called you an ignorant moron? //

// My post is a supposition - and reads as such. //

OK Andy just make it up as you go along ......

[andy-hughes]

Peter - //// ....that I gently took you to task for your wordage, or called you an ignorant moron? //

// My post is a supposition - and reads as such. //

OK Andy just make it up as you go along ...... //

What am I 'making up'? I am responding to your observations.