thagor2008@
googlemail.com gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:
>> Not really. If that was a valid argument, then you can certainly see
>> the defence lawyer in a case like that of Khyra Ishaq - the 7yo starved
>> to death by her mother & stepfather - trying to trot that line out.
> Don't be an ass. You think this guy put his daughter on the bike so she
> would deliberately die?? What if she'd been following him on a pedal
> bike, fallen off and died? Also charge him then too?
Can you really not see the rather fundamental legal difference between a
pedal cycle and a quad bike?
>> This fuckwit made a _monumentally_ fuckwitted decision, which led
>> DIRECTLY to the death of a child in his care. Don't forget that even
>> after the collision, he made the situation even worse by refusing to
>> let an ambulance be called to the scene, taking the kid home instead.
>>
>> It's far more serious than merely "an error of judgement".
> What was it then? Deliberate?
If it had been deliberate, then the charge would be murder not
manslaughter.
Manslaughter is often applied to cases of death arising through
negligence and fuckwittery.
> And what will be achieved by banging him up? He's no danger to
> society, he's already suffered more than most people ever will and
> probably more than any prison will ever manage on him.
Perhaps, but that's a separate issue - and one that could easily applied
to ANYBODY who has killed through negligence or accident. Are you
suggesting that no prosecution should _ever_ be sought in such cases?
I'm not aware that there's been an inquest yet - Google's finding
nothing. I'd assume that if the coroner finds the death to be
"misadventure", the manslaughter charge can go no further.
> This isn't deliberate child abuse like the example you gave.
I didn't say it was. I said that the defence in a case like that would
try to claim "Oh, but it wasn't deliberate, merely a stupid error of
judgement - and surely they've suffered enough already?"
