2.03.2006
Something rare
A real sentence for Damien Hanson, the man who killed the banker John Monckton. A minimum of 36 years the BBC story states. I hope that will indeed be the case, as it should always be.
However, this is a unique case because Hanson was released early from a previous violent incident, by an idiotic decision made by some cuckoo land freak. His chance of reoffending was known to be quite high. And so a father died, a mother almost died, a family wept and Hanson ended up back in prison with ample food.
Most murderers in this country will not receive such a worthy sentence.
"Wearing a balaclava and armed with a gun and a knife Hanson burst into the house, stabbing Mr Monckton in the heart and lung, and his wife twice in the back. "
"The sight which confronted the girl (their 9 year old daughter) is almost impossible to imagine but she is a very brave girl and at her mother's request she rang 999 and closed the front door and put on the chain."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4676898.stm
"The sight which confronted the girl (their 9 year old daughter) is almost impossible to imagine but she is a very brave girl and at her mother's request she rang 999 and closed the front door and put on the chain."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4676898.stm
