Son who threw his terminally ill 79-year-old mother to her death spared jail

The Telegraph (UK) via Yahoo ^ | September 20, 2019 | Jessica Carpani

[Salman]

A teacher who threw his terminally ill 79-year-old mother to her death from a first-floor balcony spared jail as judge describes it as a "mercy killing".

A "devoted, loving son" who killed his dying mother to end her suffering by dropping her from a first floor fire escape at a care home has been given a suspended jail term.

Robert Knight, 53, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his 79-year-old mother June at an earlier hearing at Basildon Crown Court.

The languages teacher had denied murder and was cleared by a jury.

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[Don Corleone]

May God have mercy on us.

[Dante3]

Savage! I am horrified. That judge is a pervert. The implications of this are obvious and frightening.

[CptnObvious]

Murder is now Open Season in the U.K.

[dfwgator]

The Nazis won, after all.

[NonValueAdded]

I guess NHS across the pond doesn’t believe in hospice palliative care. I can understand the suffering aspect - been there, done that - but dropping her off a 1st floor balcony as a way to end the suffering? He’s lucky she died rather than suffer broken bones and other forms of extreme discomfort. Were there no piullows to use?

[caltaxed]

First floor? He must have held her by the ankles so she hit head first. Dom DelLuise and Burt Reynolds had the same problem in the movie The End.

[libh8er]

Abortion made it ok to kill for convenience.

[bwest]

The End is a vastly underrated movie.
“If I was only 3 seconds faster in the hundred, I could have been an All American.”
Classic!

[Savage Beast]

I suppose he didn't think of sleeping pills--or suffocation with a pillow.

Even Othello didn't throw Desdemona from a fire escape!

[Little Ray]

Slippery slopes are slippery.

[Responsibility2nd]

Robert better hope his kids are a lot more merciful than he is.

Maybe Robert has a Medical Directive for when he is old: “Be sure to throw me from at least the 5th floor.”

[nuconvert]

“pleaded guilty to the manslaughter “

How do you serve NO time for manslaughter?

[Mount Athos]

the future just rang the doorbell

[SkyDancer]

The UK’s justice system (such as it is) is a total disaster. You should read some of the stories about some of their outrages rulings.

[BlueLancer]

Here’s hoping that the judge has kids and ends up in a nursing home as well ...

[Flick Lives]

We’re a sick society. England is sicker.

[Roccus]

First floor?

"First" floor for Brits is what we call the "second" floor.
Our "first" floor they call "ground" floor

[Innovative]

Should have gotten the death penalty. Killing his own mother.

[heterosupremacist]

Textbook case, premeditated murder in the first degree... Abortion made it ok to kill for convenience. 8 posted on ‎9‎/‎24‎/‎2019‎ ‎1‎:‎08‎:‎24‎ ‎PM by libh8er