July 21, 2004
SCOTTISH REVULSION:
Man convicted of killing paedophile teacher he befriended in jail (JOHN ROBERTSON , 7/21/04, The Scotsman)
A MAN was jailed for life yesterday for murdering his best friend and then dismembering the body and dumping the pieces in a back green in the Merchiston suburb of Edinburgh.Ian Sutherland, 33, who had struck up a friendship with Alan Wilson, 51, while both were in prison serving sentences for sex offences, had denied killing his friend.
The judge, Lord Dawson, told an emotionless Sutherland: "No words of mine can bring Alan Wilson back to life. No words of mine can adequately express the public’s revulsion at your behaviour in this whole affair.
"All I can do is reflect that revulsion in passing the only severe sentence the law allows me to pass [for the crime of murder], namely life imprisonment."
Lord Dawson said Sutherland would serve at least 15 years before he became eligible for parole...
15 years? Posted by Orrin Judd at July 21, 2004 8:13 AM
One year per piece?
Posted by: Rick T. at July 21, 2004 9:24 AMVersus an average (I think) of 8 years here in the US?
Posted by: Jeff Guinn at July 21, 2004 11:58 AM"No words of mine can adequately express the public’s revulsion at" ridding the world of a pedophile?
I may be a little out of the mainstream here, but isn't this an example of what some cops call a "public service homicide?"
Posted by: Mike Morley at July 21, 2004 12:48 PMNo doubt the judges at the war crimes trials will be horrified at the severity of such a sentence.
Posted by: Harry Eagar at July 21, 2004 3:12 PM