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[Closed] Man jailed for killing best pal after drunken punch

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Anyone that free with their fists will no doubt have done it before; and no doubt will do it again.

In this case possibly not. Age 63, no previous convictions.

Richard Eveleigh is widely regarded as a non violent man who is well liked and well regarded.

Eveleigh is 63 and has no previous convictions.

Eveleigh was originally charged with murder which judge says was "completely unnecessary"

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Posted : 06/10/2016 12:32 am
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Sometimes a comment or criticism from a close friend or family member cuts more deeply.

Hang on. A "silly argument" by all reliable accounts (his, notably). I'm firmly on the side of the fence where I cannot imagine what my "best friend" could say to me to make me want to punch him in the face.
Eveleigh is 63 and has no previous convictions.

In the bad old days I used to know a lot of people who would hit out relatively freely and have yet no convictions because

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That doesn't change the fact that punching someone because they annoy you is not reasonable and should become acceptable, and, more specifically, shouldn't have become as acceptable as it has...


 
Posted : 06/10/2016 12:45 am
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Well there's no need for anyone here to speculate since the victim's family are in this exact situation and said they didn't want him jailed. Presumably they know more about the case than we do.

I wasn't speculating about the victim's family, unless they're subscribers to STW. I was referring to those on here. Does one family's viewpoint apply to all families?

We read about cyclists killed through the actions of motorists on here and the pack are baying for blood. They don't seem so tolerant and understanding when the perpetrator is behind the wheel of a car. Lash out at a long standing friend and it seems to be OK. Could happen to anyone. So could a moments inattention when driving, but that seems to be another ballgame.

Whatever your views, and your welcome to them as I am to mine I do not think that I would be happy if he killed a member of my family and was treated in what I consider a lenient manner.

I'd hope so. Certainly in this case, the family DO feel that way and I really admire them for that. It'd be so easy to hate, in these circumstances.

Let's hope you never have to put it to the test.


 
Posted : 06/10/2016 11:39 am
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I wasn't speculating about the victim's family, unless they're subscribers to STW. I was referring to those on here. Does one family's viewpoint apply to all families?

Each set of circumstances will be different. In this specific case the people affiliated with most of the facts are the family of the victim, and they didn't want him to go to jail.

I do not think that I would be happy if he killed a member of my family and was treated in what I consider a lenient manner.

Of course you wouldn't. He's nothing to you, you don't know him. Imagine instead that in a moment of drunken madness your best friend, brother or father took an ill advised swipe at you and then you stumbled, hit your head and died as a result. Would you want them to go to jail? If so for how long?


 
Posted : 06/10/2016 12:24 pm
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Imagine instead that in a moment of drunken madness your best friend, brother or father took an ill advised swipe at you and then you stumbled, hit your head and died as a result. Would you want them to go to jail?

Yes. He's killed you for nothing, over nothing.

Should he be guest of honour at the wake instead?

Why does 'drunken madness' excuse vicious behaviour? If he does that to a 'mate', what could he do to someone who, god forbid, spilled his pint?

Making a man who killed someone into a victim is a bit mixed up, in my view.


 
Posted : 06/10/2016 12:33 pm
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UKIP MEP:

[i]Sources tell Telegraph Woolfe is suffering from bleeding of the brain after he was punched. One witness said he fell into a window.[/i]

what should the sentence for the person who did it be?


 
Posted : 06/10/2016 1:03 pm
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Death by Hanging.

Just for being in UKIP


 
Posted : 06/10/2016 1:40 pm
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