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When is information perhaps too much?

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MawBroon Thu 21-Feb-19 22:13:32

I am listening to the news item about the wee girl murdered on Bute. I find hearing the details both shocking and upsetting. How much worse for her family and friends.

paddyann Fri 22-Feb-19 20:13:05

I was stunned at this,I know the area well and cant believe something so vile happened there .It beggers belief .I dont believe people are born evil so I have to assume something made this young man turn out this way.Whether the drugs the wee souls dad gave him were to blame I dont know but if they were the dad has to share the blame .Its a horrible crime and I cant imagine the pain this family are going through .Its every mothers worst nightmare ,I hope they can find some peace .

PECS Fri 22-Feb-19 21:58:52

And again another young girl murdered and her killer a young person too.Links to pornography cited in the case.
news.sky.com/story/viktorija-sokolova-teen-detained-for-life-over-hammer-attack-murder-11644926

I do not think having capital punishment reduces violent crime.

glammagran Fri 22-Feb-19 22:04:02

I absolutely loathe it when the press ask a victim of accident or crime how they felt when they found out what had happened to a loved one. What possible value can it add for the watching public?

Eloethan Sat 23-Feb-19 00:03:52

I wondered how long it would be before hanging was mentioned.

From the little I've read on the subject, countries where capital punishment still exists do not appear to have lower murder rates so it is very debatable whether it is a deterrent.

TiggyW Sat 23-Feb-19 00:19:52

Capital punishment would stop him from doing it again! He doesn’t deserve to live.
As for the IS girl - I can’t believe her naivety; she chose to go to Syria, she should stay there.

annep1 Sat 23-Feb-19 07:02:48

glammagran I totally agree. The questions reporters ask really infuriate me sometimes.

Gettingitrightoneday Sat 23-Feb-19 07:30:06

This is a dreadful crime but I cannot feel that the more the press goes on about this murder, with lots more talk and "gossip" about the details, the more the poor child and her family lose even more dignity.
There has to be a line somewhere in between these. For all concerned.
It is very sad.