Wayne Couzens

[Ffermer Bach]

I think he should not have a whole life sentence, rather a long drop with a short rope

 

[Montexy]

At least with a whole life tariff he will have to confront his terrible actions everyday for the rest of his natural life. He will probably wish he had been hanged and so keeping him alive will at least prolong his punishment.

 

[arcobob]

At least with a whole life tariff he will have to confront his terrible actions everyday for the rest of his natural life. He will probably wish he had been hanged and so keeping him alive will at least prolong his punishment.

At a huge cost.

 

[ollie989898]

Prisoners should be made to work and repay their debt to society. Simple as that.

 

[Montexy]

Yes, even at a huge cost - at least there would be no quick exit for him.

 

[ollie989898]

It's not a huge cost. It's about 40K give or take per year. There are services that cost a great deal more than this.

Capital punishment is neither cheap (each one in America costs over 1 million USD) and it doesn't deter crimes one jot so what is the point?

 

[robs1]

Will they give the same sentence to the guy accused of the murder of the young girl the other day ?

 

[Bald Rick]

Possibly the only good to come out of this is the fact that the police should not be seen to be above the law. They are human with all the human failings. Be more bad apples - let’s just hope that the others aren’t as vile.

Having said that, opportunities were missed to stop him. Lot of questions to answer

 

[JP1]

Possibly the only good to come out of this is the fact that the police should not be seen to be above the law. They are human with all the human failings. Be more bad apples - let’s just hope that the others aren’t as vile.

Having said that, opportunities were missed to stop him. Lot of questions to answer

I hope this is investigated fully but from what I understand he (as a serving police officer and approved firearm carrier) had two previous "offences" including indecent exposure

The court report from yesterday was harrowing and especially the family's statements

 

[john 650]

I'd wager prison will be far more unpleasant for him than the gallows.

Ex copper, rapist and murderer- can't see it being long before some fellow unsavoury murderer etc, keen to be an infamous killer cop killer, takes a modified tooth brush to him, and can't see prison wardens jumping in to save him..

 

[Widgetone]

I think his name should not be spoken of or used. Nick Robinson on R4 this morning chose not to use it when talking to Keir Starmer.
I fear in some twisted way the notoriety of getting their name in public can encourage this type of person to commit these utterly appalling crimes.

 

[ollie989898]

I think his name should not be spoken of or used. Nick Robinson on R4 this morning chose not to use it when talking to Keir Starmer.
I fear in some twisted way the notoriety of getting their name in public can encourage this type of person to commit these utterly appalling crimes.

I would extend that practice to any person convicted of particularly brutal or notorious crimes.

 

[ollie989898]

I'd wager prison will be far more unpleasant for him than the gallows.

Ex copper, rapist and murderer- can't see it being long before some fellow unsavoury murderer etc, keen to be an infamous killer cop killer, takes a modified tooth brush to him, and can't see prison wardens jumping in to save him..

Being detained against your will is the absolute pits. It grinds down one's soul, incrementally and day by day. The people I work with, know that they will eventually be rehabilitated back into the community. They have that hope and sympathetic peers and carers around them. In prison, there is none of that.

 

[Lowland1]

Last week we stayed overnight in a small Travelodge type hotel room. My wife and I discussed how miserable 14 days hotel quarantine would be. Spending the rest of your life in something similar but without the trouser press etc will be very unpleasant I doubt he will be allowed to mix with others for his own safety. Capital punishment would be the easy way out and something after a few years he’d be very keen on.

 

[Bald Rick]

Dick is slippery

 

[le bon paysan]

It's not a huge cost. It's about 40K give or take per year. There are services that cost a great deal more than this.

Capital punishment is neither cheap (each one in America costs over 1 million USD) and it doesn't deter crimes one jot so what is the point?

As a father of 2 girls , I'd do it for nothing.
Edit , I lived over looking Long Lartin , should have hung the lot of them.
Friend , PO, was stabbed in there , he never worked again, was lucky to live.

 

[caveman]

And now the shite is going to start hitting the fan...regarding all his WhatsApp etc group mates in the force/met who have been sharing images and stuff with him.

 

[ollie989898]

As a father of 2 girls , I'd do it for nothing.
Edit , I lived over looking Long Lartin , should have hung the lot of them.
Friend , PO, was stabbed in there , he never worked again, was lucky to live.

It's not the cost of the job that is expensive: it's the legal wranglings that delay it for years. Just a lawyers wet dream. I don't see why they should be given the easy way out anyway.

 

[Exfarmer]

I dont normally support hanging, but looking what he did to that poor girl, he deserves it, or worse..
I have long thought that the police have many corrupt officers who turn a blind eye to each others misdemeanours, these are police, they should be squeaky clean!
And before we berate his colleagues too hard for sharing inappropriate material, do not forget it was only last year a female officer was reinstated after being sacked for sharing pictures of extreme child abuse!

 

[ollie989898]

I dont normally support hanging, but looking what he did to that poor girl, he deserves it, or worse..
I have long thought that the police have many corrupt officers who turn a blind eye to each others misdemeanours, these are police, they should be squeaky clean!
And before we berate his colleagues too hard for sharing inappropriate material, do not forget it was only last year a female officer was reinstated after being sacked for sharing pictures of extreme child abuse!

The fudging police should not be using whatsapp, twitter or other forms of social media, inside their work or fudging outside of it! Why in the hell are they wasting our time and money messing around with this stuff?