I genitori di Harvey Willgoose chiedono che il suo assassino venga nominato
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy195xg8e4o
di Glanza
I genitori di Harvey Willgoose chiedono che il suo assassino venga nominato
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy195xg8e4o
di Glanza
9 commenti
Didn’t realise he couldn’t be named, I remember hearing about in a few months ago and everyone knew who did it. It happened during a school lunch break, and the kids weren’t shy about making it public on various social media.
I think murder should automatically meet the public interest test.
And certainly it’s hard to disagree that this is just further pain and arguably humiliation for the victims family. Imagine not being able to utter the name of the person who killed your son for fear of prosecution – farcical state of affairs really
There’s a decent chance he’ll be named when he’s sentenced. But if a judge thinks its in the public interest it could happen before.
Regardless of what you think about the law, and the good reasons that exist for protecting the anonymity of under-18s, you have to be sympathetic to their reasoning here.
Their son, their dead son, has been called a bully, a problem child, a racist etc. etc. by the person who murdered him. And they just have to stand there in court and listen to all of that knowing that once his sentence is over, he’ll be out to rebuild his life in some degree of privacy.
You couldn’t really imagine going through that.
The 2 kids from the 90’s who killed the 2 year old didn’t get to be anonymous
Edit: Yea, I should have acknowledged the fact that the public had to pay for them to have new identities
It’s important the killer is named so that anyone with concerning previous experiences with them can both speak to the police and receive support. Perhaps there’s been an escalation in this boys behaviour with prior victims of lesser acts struggling. Plus building a picture of this boys life before the murder helps when considering his future.
Yeah, who killed him?
Why can’t they reveal the murderer’s identity?
The name is already in the public domain, he was found guilty and is expected to be in prison long after his 18th birthday.
He will be named, it’s just a formality the courts have to go through as there’s still a window for the appeal’s process.
The bastard will be named – officially anyway – when the judge delivers their sentencing in October.
Old enough to know right from wrong, old enough to be named. They protect these criminals way too much.