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fbg40 | 12:43 Tue 18th Oct 2016 | News
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Today, two 15 year old "children" were found guilty of murdering a mother and her daughter. The male admitted guilt from the start, the girl was found guilty at her trial. Why is it that they cannot be named ? Surely they give up all rights to anonymity when they they commit the crime ! As far as I'm concerned, it should be name and shame. The law in this case is an ass !!
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I'm sorry but I profoundly disagree with your original post. Your grasp of what is possible under British law leaves a lot to be desired.

If it would please you , I wholeheartedly retract my last sentence, and apologise for its rudeness.
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You are entitled to your opinion as I am to mine. I was merely expressing that opinion, not trying to get the law changed ! Thank you for your apology - I think we should leave it there.
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BBC news yesterday: The judge, Mr Justice Haddon-Cave......adjourned sentence on both defendants until November and will also rule on whether they should be identified at a later hearing.
TTT - I am curious as to why you are so vehement in your desire for these two criminals to be named?

Does it affect you in either case?

Obviously it directly affects the families of the criminals, who are not guilty under the law, and deserve to have their anonymity protected, which is the point behind the legislation.

It obviously bothers you considerably - are you willing to elaborate on your reasons?
fbg40 - //Today, two 15 year old "children" were found guilty of murdering a mother and her daughter. //

Why the inverted commas? Horrific though their crimes are, they do not catapult the convicted into adulthood - they are children.

//The male admitted guilt from the start, the girl was found guilty at her trial. Why is it that they cannot be named ? Surely they give up all rights to anonymity when they they commit the crime ! As far as I'm concerned, it should be name and shame.

That rather presupposes that they would be 'shamed' by their identities being revealed - and since neither have even hinted at remorse, that notion looks unlikely to fly.

These are obviously deeply disturbed children who are more than likely going to spend their lives, or a large proportion of them, incarcerated, so the idea that 'shame' is relevant or appropriate does lose traction.

Their anonymity does spare their families the attentions of trolls and media, they obviously have enough to cope with right now.
It IS possible the restrictions will be lifted at sentence. Much depends on the circumstances - there may well be siblings etc. ##

Correct barmaid, that's what was said on the news last night.

They sat and watched a horror movie downstairs, after they murdered the mother & daughter!!
Something's not right somewhere!
trt - //They sat and watched a horror movie downstairs, after they murdered the mother & daughter!!
Something's not right somewhere! //

I think the 'not right' aspects came into play years before that!
Andy...please stop the C&P. Sometimes you don't end it and makes your posts very hard to read.

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