jon venables has a girlfriend !

[joggerjayne]

One theory in today's papers is that he is back inside because he duffed her up.

But ... he has a girlfriend ??????????

Must have been a heck of a first date ...

"So tell me a bit about yourself."

"Well, I enjoy reading. I support Liverpool. I once beat someone to death with a brick, and then tied them to railway track. I like cats. I enjoy ballet."

"Oh, wow, stop ... did you say you like cats? I like cats, too!"

[joggerjayne]

OMG ... people still buy the Telegraph ?

[Bobbisox]

McMouse ex you pet, you come in here and sometimes , you are very funny
Bobbi ♥

[NoMercy]

The other one is gay apparently. I read it ages ago.

I wonder if the Venable's girlfriend knows of his heinous crime. If she does, it begs the question, who could date a "man" who once beat a toddler to death with an iron bar and bricks.

[ummmm]

I doubt she knows NM....He could never risk telling anyone. What if they split up and she blabbed.

[joggerjayne]

... but he is fond of cats !

[jno]

It does raise the question of whether released killers can ever live a normal life. The anwer is they can and sometimes do. Did anyone see Heavenly Creatures, about the two schoolgirls who killed one of their mothers with a brick in a sock? They served a few years and were given new lives. One works with horses somewhere in the south east and has kept her privacy. The other one is a bestselling crime novelist. Would there actually be anything to be gained by putting them both behind bars again, or is to everyone's benefit that they remain productive members of society?

[joggerjayne]

Hey, look, NoMercy ...

http://www.amazon.co....sib_dp_pt#reader-link

[Everhelpful]

Well said,docspock. I totally agree.

[Bobbisox]

jno I agree, some might just go through life without reoffending again
Mary Bell?

[NoMercy]

JJ.... that's the very book my Nan bought me for Christmas. lol

There's a lovely recipe in there for Rocky Road bars.

[joggerjayne]

Small minds think alike, hummingbird !

Or is it "small world" ... and "like minds" ?

Anyway, you know what I mean.

Actually, I'm not very fond of cakes, especially chocolate cake.

[jno]

bobbi, yes, Mary Bell is another example. It can be done. Unfortunately you don't know if rehabilitation has succeeded until you try it out. So when they thought Venables was rehabilitated they let him out to see if they were right. It appears he wan't. But Thompson may be. Bell was too. In the Heavenly Creatures case you have two people who did something wicked when young, have repented, paid the penalty, and become useful members of society. That seems like the ideal outcome to me. In particular, rather than me paying to keep them in prison, *their* taxes now help keep prisons going, just as mine do.

[ummmm]

We don't know if rehabilitation has worked with him because we don't know what he's done.

[wendilla]

If he had a girlfriend or any of his friends wouldn't they be wondering where he is .I am sure if a friend of mine that I had just known a short time suddenly went missing I would be putting 2 and 2 together Some one must have missed him around. It will all come out soon .