teacher jailed !!!!!! - Page 4

punky · 14-04-2005, 11:50

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Originally Posted by danielf

No, it doesn't. The article says she shot 'at the pavement, near one of the kids feet'. Seeing that's how sky reported it, she may well have aimed at one of the kid's feet/legs.

At the pavement, i.e. not at the kids. If she intended to shoot the kids, and it was proven in court, her convictions would have reflected it. Even if she did try to shoot the kids, she wasn't proven guilty of it, so we can't say she did try.

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I think you're speculating a bit too much. It does not mention 'years of immense provocation' in the article either. Sure, she was provoked, but we don't know the details/extent of this.

Well, I am getting this from another article, but you have a point in that we only have her word for it.

14-04-2005, 11:53

Could I point out our prisons are already overcrowded so you excitable air rifle wielders would not be helping out society by using local kids for target practice. Just think of the taxpayers money that would be spent taking you to court and keeping you locked up. Now there's a dilemma for you!

danielf · 14-04-2005, 11:53

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Originally Posted by punky

At the pavement, i.e. not at the kids. If she intended to shoot the kids, and it was proven in court, her convictions would have reflected it. Even if she did try to shoot the kids, she wasn't proven guilty of it, so we can't say she did try.

No, but we have to be a bit cautious in claiming she didn't try as well. (I mean, whay would you say in court)

allieyoung666 · 14-04-2005, 11:59

look at the end of the day the truth will never come out. She had enough, I dont blame her, I would have killed the little buggers by now

Bifta · 14-04-2005, 12:16

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Originally Posted by allieyoung666

I own an air pistol and yes I would use it.

In which case you'd be locked up, and with an attitude like that probably the best place for you.

Russ · 14-04-2005, 12:23

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Originally Posted by allieyoung666

look at the end of the day the truth will never come out. She had enough, I dont blame her, I would have killed the little buggers by now

I'm sure you wouldn't really want to actually kill them, as in ending their lives. If my daughter was one of that gang and you killed her, I'd campaign to ensure you were locked up forever. Yes the kids were badly behaved but do not deserve to die. Punished, locked up, whatever, but not death.

As much as it's completely unfair that she should end up in jail when she started out as the victim, she DID use a weapon (albeit not to harm) when she was not being attacked and was not using it to defend herself.

She broke the law, she needed to be punished if only as a deterrant to others doing what she did.

However if they were attacking her in her house and she felt her life was in danger, THAT would be a different matter.

14-04-2005, 12:24

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Originally Posted by allieyoung666

I would have killed the little buggers by now

I think that is a little too far

Bifta · 14-04-2005, 12:25

She was also charged with possession of a FIREARM not an air rifle or pistol, a FIREARM inferring that it had been modified in some way to exceed the maximum legal power for such a weapon, what POSSIBLE reason would she have for owning such a thing?

14-04-2005, 12:28

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Originally Posted by Bifta

She was also charged with possession of a FIREARM not an air rifle or pistol, a FIREARM inferring that it had been modified in some way to exceed the maximum legal power for such a weapon, what POSSIBLE reason would she have for owning such a thing?

Since it was a firearm she was possessing, I would say keep her locked up

If she had missed and hit one of the kids, she could have injured them badly.

paulyoung666 · 14-04-2005, 12:30

i just hope some of the people who have responded to this thread remember it if they are ever on the receiving end of what this woman has had to put up with

Paul K · 14-04-2005, 12:30

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Originally Posted by Electrolyte

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Originally Posted by Bifta

She was also charged with possession of a FIREARM not an air rifle or pistol, a FIREARM inferring that it had been modified in some way to exceed the maximum legal power for such a weapon, what POSSIBLE reason would she have for owning such a thing?

Since it was a firearm she was possessing, I would say keep her locked up

If she had missed and hit one of the kids, she could have injured them badly.

If it was modified it could possibly have killed them not just injure them

Bifta · 14-04-2005, 12:32

And she was jailed for 5 months for possession of said firearm considering she could have got 10 years she was bloody lucky, she only got 1 month for the actual act of shooting at (near/whatever) someone.

14-04-2005, 12:32

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Originally Posted by Paul

If it was modified it could possibly have killed them not just injure them

Exactly my point

Russ · 14-04-2005, 12:33

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Originally Posted by paulyoung666

i just hope some of the people who have responded to this thread remember it if they are ever on the receiving end of what this woman has had to put up with

That's never in doubt - she was put through a LOT. But waving a weapon which was designed to maim and kill? No.

14-04-2005, 12:33

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Originally Posted by paulyoung666

i just hope some of the people who have responded to this thread remember it if they are ever on the receiving end of what this woman has had to put up with

Doesn't mean she can possess a firearm.