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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
Posted on 09/24/2019 9:59:21 AM PDT by 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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: europe; euthanasia; mercykilling; murder; prolife; uk; unitedkingdom
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posted on
09/24/2019 9:59:21 AM PDT
by
Salman
To: Salman
May God have mercy on us.
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posted on
09/24/2019 10:00:50 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
To: Salman
Savage! I am horrified. That judge is a pervert. The implications of this are obvious and frightening.
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posted on
09/24/2019 10:03:01 AM PDT
by
Dante3
To: Salman
Murder is now Open Season in the U.K.
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posted on
09/24/2019 10:03:23 AM PDT
by
CptnObvious
(Question her now.)
To: Salman
The Nazis won, after all.
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posted on
09/24/2019 10:04:16 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Salman
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?
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posted on
09/24/2019 10:06:30 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("Sorry, your race card has been declined. Can you present any other form of argument?")
To: Salman
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.
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posted on
09/24/2019 10:07:25 AM PDT
by
caltaxed
(ake)
To: Salman
Abortion made it ok to kill for convenience.
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posted on
09/24/2019 10:08:24 AM PDT
by
libh8er
To: caltaxed
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!
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posted on
09/24/2019 10:10:23 AM PDT
by
bwest
To: Salman
I suppose he didn't think of sleeping pills--or suffocation with a pillow.
Even Othello didn't throw Desdemona from a fire escape!
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posted on
09/24/2019 10:11:17 AM PDT
by
Savage Beast
(You'd think they'd learn from the Roadrunner Cartoons, but they just send off to Acme and try again.)
To: libh8er
Slippery slopes are slippery.
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posted on
09/24/2019 10:11:21 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Freedom Before Security!)
To: Don Corleone
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.”
To: Salman
“pleaded guilty to the manslaughter “
How do you serve NO time for manslaughter?
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posted on
09/24/2019 10:11:52 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: Salman
the future just rang the doorbell
To: Salman
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.
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posted on
09/24/2019 10:12:43 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
To: Salman
Here’s hoping that the judge has kids and ends up in a nursing home as well ...
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posted on
09/24/2019 10:13:59 AM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
To: Salman
Were a sick society. England is sicker.
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posted on
09/24/2019 10:16:38 AM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(MSM, the Enemy of the People since 1898)
To: caltaxed
First floor? "First" floor for Brits is what we call the "second" floor.
Our "first" floor they call "ground" floor
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posted on
09/24/2019 10:19:00 AM PDT
by
Roccus
(When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
To: Salman
Should have gotten the death penalty. Killing his own mother.
To: Salman; libh8er
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
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posted on
09/24/2019 10:19:45 AM PDT
by
heterosupremacist
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.)
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