Man gets life sentence for setting fire to two wheelie bins

TylerD · #1 12-16-2005, 11:45 AM

BBC

Moral of the story: don't admit your psychotic intentions before carrying them out.

Warik · #2 12-16-2005, 11:52 AM

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BBC

Moral of the story: live in the US where you can't be jailed for crimes you haven't committed yet.

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FYP

Gunny Highway · #3 12-16-2005, 11:54 AM

wtf is a wheelie bin?

TylerD · #4 12-16-2005, 12:07 PM

a bin ("trashcan") on wheels - wheelie bin.

TylerD · #5 12-16-2005, 12:10 PM

Sure, you keep them in Guntanamo.

BottlesOf · #6 12-16-2005, 12:38 PM

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BBC

Moral of the story: live in the US where you can't be jailed for crimes you haven't committed yet.

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FYP

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I kind of disagree. I'm glad this guy is locked up. This doesn't really make me sad at all. The phrase "wheelie bin" makes me sad.

#7 12-16-2005, 12:41 PM

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Peter Ashman, defending, said: "My client is looking for a sentence which is as long as possible. He cannot countenance living in the community at all.

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So the dude wanted to be locked up forever? I don't see the problem here, nor the correlation gitmo...

Next?

Frills · #8 12-16-2005, 12:58 PM

Give him the needle, or some lead.

Issue solved, giving someone a home society pays for is exactly what he wants. Prison should not be a reward.

#9 12-16-2005, 10:48 PM

I only came to this post to discover what a wheelie bin was.

I am so disappointed.

Perrier

Warik · #10 12-16-2005, 02:57 PM

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I kind of disagree. I'm glad this guy is locked up. This doesn't really make me sad at all. The phrase "wheelie bin" makes me sad.

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Yeah, you have to admit that society is safer with him locked away, but by imposing that sentence the judge violated his Constitution protection against cruel and unusual... oh wait... nevermind they don't have that over there. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]