Friday 5 September 2008

Sex killer that "could not be stopped"....hmmm?

So, it's common knowlage that the prison systems are in havoc due to the amount of criminals and the lack of space. One of the goverments quick fix solutions are the increased use of electronic tags and injunctions. This is fine in some situations and can work; but, obviously, not all cases can be so simply solved.
An example of this in the recent news (and there are many, it's becoing less and less uncommon) is that of heroin addict, David Summers, aged 23, and his victim; mother of 3, Diane Edwards, aged 53. The couple had a non-commital relationship which lasted only a few monts before Edwards ended it in January 2006. After ignoing her instantsies that the relationship was over, Summers was handedand injunction which he promptly broke. Surely this should have rung alarm bells? This man was obviously disconcerned with the consiquences he would face from the law; the polices concerns should not have been "punshing" him with a suspended sentence, bu t the safety of Diane who was being constantly harrassed and terrorise by this man! It did not take a lot for Summers to remove his electronic tag and pay one last visit to the home of Diane Edwards.
After the savage killing, MAPPA (the multi-agency management scheme for violent offenders) published a reveiw stating that "Summers had no regard for the law". It's fair enough to say it now, but surely this was obvious long before Edwards was killed; before 3 children were left5 without a mother. MAPPA have now said to be tightening up its policies. Did it really take another event such as this one for things to be improved? no!

1 comment:

emily said...

Yeah tags are well in this season, they're all in vogue!


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