Man, 23, who gouged pensioner’s eyes out before beating him to death with his own walking stick locked up indefinitely
https://www.lbc.co.uk/crime/man-23-who-gouged-pensioners-eyes-out-before-beating-him-to-death-with-his-own-w/
Posted by LoquaciousLord1066
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>locked up indefinitely
Jolly good. May he live a long, and utterly shit life.
eta – For people saying the whole “Well he’s not in prison…”, etc –
Broadmoor isn’t exactly known as a place full of solace and peace. Happy for him to be stuck with other unhinged nutters.
This is the thing. Winding up in a mental institution, as opposed to prison, isn’t the cool write-off that some people seem to think it is.
It isn’t like you’re given a little bit of sympathy and some counselling and you’re on your way. You’re stuck in a place in which you have to deal with other people exactly like you, which… Yep, okay.
He may never be deemed well enough to be released back into the community, and I trust those people to decide that.
Well that’s just an entirely awful and terrifying read.
Horrific story. Doubly awful in that it will inevitably push some towards supporting Reform.
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That’s terrible, I suppose he’s contained at Broadmoor and is hopefully going to get the treatment he needs. Indefinite detention at a secure hospital often means being detained for longer than going to prison, because they have to be absolutely sure the person is ready to re-enter society. Hopefully he will be treated and can one day rejoin society.
Fucking scum. Hope he lives to have clarity of thought and his hideous crime before he suffers a painful death himself.
Good fucking grief. Truly awful. I can’t comprehend how earth shattering this must be for Mr Fowler’s family.
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I assume indefinitely here means “out in 5-10 years”
Clearly mentally ill and that’s being made clear because he’s Christian,
if it was a Quran in his bag I’m sure it would just be dubbed another Islamist religious fundamentalist part of a larger sinister plot to take over the west
Another life lost because someone somewhere decided care in the community was a good idea for people with serious mental health issues to be off their meds and just casually strolling around.
I understand that people with schizophrenia are more likely to self harm but we have now seen numerous cases where previously violent people or drug users are off meds and not sectioned and then shit like this goes on.
He should have his sight taken off him brutally as punishment.
RIP Mr Fowler, what a horrific death. This stuff makes me fear for my loved ones – you think you’d be okay walking down the street but something like this happens it’s just unreal.
I know that the attacker is young and mentally ill but my gosh how is he ever going to be on enough medication to be safely back in society.