Posted on 11/13/2006 3:57:29 PM PST by blam
'Sadistic' torture muggers face deportation
By Matthew Moore
Last Updated: 6:58pm GMT 13/11/2006
Three armed robbers who kidnapped and tortured their victims with "sadistic and gratuitous" violence have been jailed for life.
Sofian Majera, Robert Lincoln and Peter Frota (left-right)
Described by police as one of the most brutal gangs to operate in London in recent years, they toured the streets with knives, guns and baseball bats, beating their victims senseless as if they were "characters in a video game".
Judge Witold Pawlak, sentencing, said that all three were "addicted to violence", and recommended that they be deported.
"Your continued presence in the UK is a real threat to the public. You have increased the risk to the public as your crimes are serious and brutal." he said.
Robert Lincoln, 18, from Barking, Essex, is originally from Jamaica, while Sofian Majera, 22, from Dagenham, is Somalian, and Peter Frota, 19, also from Barking, is a Portugese national.
Frota's older brother Luis, 22, a former amateur footballer, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years for his much lesser role in the gang, and also faces deportation.
London's Wood Green Crown Court heard how the gang threatened their victims - usually single men - with horrific violence as they beat them.
Some were told that their eyes would be gouged out or they would be burned alive if they did not hand over their PINs.
One man, so paralysed by fear he could not tell his attackers what they wanted to know, had his arm stamped on until it broke.
All four, who have a total of 36 previous convictions between them, showed now emotion as they were led to the cells.
Outside court one of those they attacked, Paul Mitchell, a 48-year-old contract manager from Harlow, Essex, welcomed the prospect of them being kicked out of Britain.
"These men have contributed nothing to this country since they arrived here... all they have done is commit crime," he said.
Well, if England would only ban these objects, none of this could have happened.
/Industrial-strength sarcasm
If you're "jailed for life" in the UK and then deported, does that mean your home country is obligated to carry out your sentence? I'm guessing these 3 will be on the streets shortly after arriving back home.
If it were up to me they would be hanged and thrown to the sharks. The will never change. Just get rid of them
I...I don't understand. Guns are illegal in London... how could they possibly...??? This must be a mistake.
these scum should be deported to Hell
Posthaste.
Wouldn't you think it might be relevant to this news story to know WHERE they will be deported to? Who, what, where, when, and why? News Reporting 101.
Might I guess Jamaica? That seems to be the most violence-ridden of the islands. But why do I have to guess?
Sorry. Two Jamaicans, one from Portugal.
And not too shabby of a sentence either. Commit heinous crimes of nauseating violence, receive a life sentence, and in a further twist, be deported from the UK to ... Jamaica??? Hey Judge, if I knock over a few old birds and take their purses, can I get sent to Cancun?
One Jamaican, one Somalian, one Portugese.
Yes, clearly the Amish people as these are, are very forgiving.
No, Hunted for sport.
Tally Ho.
Why hanged first?
"...so my fine droogs, what's it to be today, a wee bit of the ultra-violence?"
BURN THEM!!!
And then what? "migrate" to LA? NY?
This is London, I think they're supposed to be left for the crows.
Just what I was thinking.And why would the English want to inflict these turds on another country?
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