Chris:
Great piece on a very emotive issue. The sentence given to that murdering scum bag was an absolute disgrace. Two men lie cold in their graves, and a scumbag joyrider thug gets 4 years in a YDC! An absolute joke! This flies in the face of the outpouring of revulsion and anger that we witnessed in the aftermath of Gerry's death. The vigil on the Dublin Rd is testament to this fact. Indeed the dignity with which the two families have conducted themselves in this difficult period, is in stark contrast to the scumbag that caused the whole sorry mess! Personally I would love to see Mc Ginn and all scumbag joy riders hanging from a gallow somewhere and at times like this one must really ponder the benefit of the death penalty!
It's cases like these that make me wonder if sitting on the bench sends people mad or something, completely disgusting sentence.
Eilliot:
At least this is one issue we can agree on. The sentence is an absolute disgrace. Especially in light of the escalation of this scourge in areas like West Belfast etc.. This will do sweet fuck all to deter young hoodlums from killing more innocent people via their death driving. This issue transcends barriers of political opinion, race, religion and sex. Justice Harts sentence is a great disservice to decent people every where.
At least this dirty piece of shit will see the inside of what passes for gaol. Too, too many hardly even see so much as an extended driving ban and large fine.
A fucking outrage!
Words fail me at the stupidity of the judiciary.
Sooner or later society is going to have to face up to the fact that the judiciary are a large part of the problem we call anti-social behaviour. Some of the sentences handed out are incomprehensible.
My heart goes out to the Fearon and Shields famlies. I know what they have gone through and are going through at the moment. My daughter Jennifer Cassidy from Bessbrook was killed by a drunk banned driver who has a two year suspended jail sentence. He is drinking, playing darts and pool. He was playing pool in Tully's in Belleek and a man told me you would think it was a dog he killd by the way he was enjoying himself. He went to his firm's Christmas party on 21st Dec 07, Jennifer was buried on the 17th Dec 07. What more can you say. His case has not come up yet but you can bet he will get a slap on the back and told not to do it again.
Vincent Cassidy
Vincent:
This is yet another tragic loss of young life. Society hates the vermin and scum that get tanked up and then get into a car causing absolute mayhem and destruction. The juidiciary needs to start handing out sentences that fits the crime. 4years for taking 2 lives is a fucking joke. The sooner judges start clamping down on death drivers the better. Your case touched me, and the dispicable manner in which the death driver continues in his daily routine is disgusting. No doubt in two years that scum bag Mc Ginn will be back out drinking and driving. Scum like him will never learn, they have no moral fibre and are incapable of any decent act. Indeed he near killed himself in a car crash a few years before he killed two innocent men. If this did not deter him, I'm sure 4/2 years in a YOC will not deter him either.
This pales into insignificance when you consider the early release of terrorist prisoners.
Willow:
You are a sick little individual indeed. This issue transcends all political barriers yet you can not help get caught up in your secterian little world. Show some sympathy for these two families you callous animal!
You are a sick little individual indeed.
No I'm not.
I think you're engaging in projection of your own self-loathing on to me, because it is you who are "sick": you - not me - supports murder and assault and other violent crime.
This issue transcends all political barriers yet you can not help get caught up in your secterian little world.
No - you're caught up in a sectarian world - read your own contributions to this site! Indeed, just read the site.
Show some sympathy for these two families you callous animal!
I have every sympathy for them - just as I have every sympathy for the thousands of victims of terrorism. Sadly, your sympathy does not extend to the latter category.
Shame on you.
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