In message <fpqee1tjsspcninsufcel9nrrdmblf0u9h@4ax.com>, John Anderton
<John@home.co.uk> writes
>On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:45:55 GMT, Maria <frustated@home.com> wrote:
>
>>Having a hot debate in our house about this one at the moment (don't
>>know any further background at the moment) -
>>
>>http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category
>>=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED25%20Jul%202005%2020%3
>>A40%3A42%3A810
>>
>>Estate shotgun man is jailed
><snip>
>
>Legally it sounds about right. Discharging an unlicensed shotgun,
>assault with a machete -> six years (actually three inside with good
>behaviour ?).
>
>Morally it could be more tricky depending on what the true facts are.
>It's possible Rylance was truly a victim driven over the edge or
>equally that he was an aggressive idiot who disliked youngsters on
>principle (and behaved worse than they do when he was young).
>
>No news article or even court transcript is going to give a true
>picture of the situation,
>
Indeed. It has to be said, though, that the original article did not
describe particularly serious behaviour by these youths, and nothing
that seems to have been specifically directed at Rylance ever, except
when they challenged him because *he* had very dangerously thrown a
firework at them.
--
Richard Miller
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