Let’s not forget the victims

THE EDITOR: The perpetrator of one of the most heinous and savage acts of murder inflicted on two innocent, helpless women is now being advised to seek reprieve by a constitutional motion.

The question now arises as to whether there is some procedure in place that would allow some form of representation, possibly a constitutional motion posthumously, on behalf of the victims whose lives were curtailed so violently in Westmoorings by Mr Chuck Attin and his accomplice, depriving harmless children the love, and tender care of a mother. This is a glaring example of the imbalance in the scales of justice. Where is the rectitude? It appears to me that the reasoning behind the appropriateness of the word Court, in preference to the word State, is purely one of semantics, and a paltry technicality to alter the length of a sentence that was considerably lenient, because the accused was tried as a child.

The irony is that a six-year-old child would not have the warped, perverted, mentality to commit such a despicable act as murder. The miscarriage is that the accused should have been tried as an adult.
The facts are as clear as daylight and the law must not be altered and twisted to favour the criminal. The German philosopher Goethe was of the belief that “One man’s word is no man’s word. We should quietly hear both sides.” Let us not forget the victims and the pain of their families.

FIDEL GONZALEZ
Westmoorings