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| Ian Baynham |
The 18 year old Ruby Thomas, a former private schoolgirl who hurled homophobic abuse at the 62-year-old gay civil servant Ian Baynham and stamped on him and kicked him during a deadly attack, was found guilty of manslaughter. Ian Baynham died from a brain injury 18 days after the drink-fuelled assault last September. His blood was found on Thomas’s handbag and shoes. She had smiled when she had put her boot into Baynham after he was knocked to the ground by teenager Joel Alexander, who also was convicted of manslaughter. When the verdicts were returned, Thomas put her head in her hands. She had a record for violence. She was 15 when she assaulted a bus driver in Northumberland Avenue in December 2007. Both defendants will be sentenced in the new year.
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I hope that these teenagers will get the right punishment for their deeds. Even though they are just teenagers, according to me, they are old enough to realize what they are doing and take responsibility for that also. Just like every other person, gay people should also be treated with respect. I hope that by this article, more people will realize what kind of consequences these kinds of deeds can have.
I really can not believe that two teenagers, who are standing in the beginning of their live, could do such a cruel thing. I agree with Esther that even though the two are still teenagers, they should be convicted for their action just like adults. Especially because she already has a record for violence.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenIn a lot of countries it is taboo to speak about homosexuelity. When loving some one from the same sex should be as normal as being a hetrosexual, the discrimination would stop. The government has such a large impact on our behaviour. But do they have the courage to change the general idea about homosexuality? I think they should try. The teenagers are just a couple of lunatics, this could have happened to any one.
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