santaslittlehelper
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Interested to hear opinions regarding his release....
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"Cop Killer" Harry Roberts to be freed from prison
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If you provide some more information you will get more responses, @santaslittlehelper. I don't know who you are referring to, for example, so perhaps others are the same.
Perhaps a link to a news story, or some background about the person that you wish to discuss.
Perhaps a link to a news story, or some background about the person that you wish to discuss.
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
Blimey! Have you been living wild in Epping Forest for three months..?
littleme
250,000th poster!
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
It was on the news every morning for three months a while back.
Strange how hardly anybody remembers the other two that were convicted as well.
littleme
250,000th poster!
Thats cos the other two are already dead/murdered.
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
Indeed - but, even at the time, Robert was the 'famous' one, largely due to the scale and duration of the manhunt that it took to catch him, I feel.
littleme
250,000th poster!
Yes, Ive read about it. I cant decide on this one - on one hand the bloke is 78 now & how much of a threat can he be to people - hes more likely to fade away after so long being institutionalised. But on the other hand his 'life' sentance was supposed to mean LIFE.
Maybe the question should be 'why arent all killers given propper life sentances, not just cop-killers'?
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
I well remember it - he's the only reason that I know where Epping Forest is.
littleme
250,000th poster!
Youre giving away your age...I wasnt even born!
Glam
Mad Cat Woman
Shhhhh!! I was 2 and a bit!
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
SLH is only ten months older than you.......
Glam
Mad Cat Woman
Still don't mean I should've heard of this Harry bloke............
Catabatic
Well-Known Forumite
Nice little relative tale .... My longest serving mate, now in Aus altho' we lived in Nottm at the time, got apprehended arriving on the train without a ticket while the hunt was on. He planted the railway bobby and legged it. He never was caught but we used to be chanting 'Harry Roberts - cops are coming to get you'.
He's still nicknamed Harry to this day!!
He's still nicknamed Harry to this day!!
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
He killed three people. I believe that killing three people technically makes you a serial killer, where the people killed were Old Bill or not.
Life, should mean life in this case as it should with any other serial killers.
If not then they'll be releasing Peter Sutcliff next or Jeremy Bamber.
Life, should mean life in this case as it should with any other serial killers.
If not then they'll be releasing Peter Sutcliff next or Jeremy Bamber.
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
Roberts 'only' killed two. Duddy shot the third.
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
Was he not part of the same gang though and therefore, in law, culpable by association?