Thermo, help me out here!!!!
It seems I'm the only one who feels this way..
As for instant justice Mr Coleslaw (
), is it?
You may be surprised at my strength of feeling about justice going through the proper channels after hearing my story:
I was on the receiving end of a violent assault in 1994. My sister's neighbour came into her garden & started belting me. I tried my best to defend myself without actually hitting back. At one point I was winning (that was when I sat on him!), but he eventually got free and smacked me right in the kisser. I never actually hit him as such, all my contact with him was aimed at trying to keep him at arm's length so he could not hit me.
Anyway, an ambulance was called & I went to hospital to find him next to me in the waiting room. He claimed that I had been the aggressor, it was the other way round. The police interviewed me and him & formed the opinion that my story was the truer version. They charged him with, amongst other things, ABH. It took forever to go to court and in the meantime he was making my sister's life a misery. He would smash windows, knife tyres, etc... One time he came running up her driveway just after she got home (with her 8 yo daughter in the back) and hurled a lump of concrete through her windscreen. We reported every single incident to the police, who were powerless to act. We also complained to ********** **** council because he was a council tenant. They did nothing.
He had previously assaulted a copper & been banged up for it.
Eventually it came to court. By this time my sister could not face giving evidence as she was a nervous wreck, so the charge of ABH was dropped.
He got 180 hours community service.
My sister had to sell her house at a huge loss, is now a hardened alcoholic and I cannot bring myself to say what has happened to her daughter.
HOWEVER: I still believe in using the correct channels to deal with criminals.