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12 August 2002, 12:35 PM
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Hunt For Hit-And-Run Killer
Police are hunting a hit-and-run driver who killed a three year-old boy on a pedestrian crossing in South London.
Harry Furse was crossing a road with his mother near Lewisham hospital on Friday when he was struck by a car.
He died in hospital yesterday.
The driver of the car is believed to be a white man, with a white female passenger and a baby in a car seat in the back of the vehicle.
The vehicle, a red Peugeot, was travelling in the bus lane, police said.
Officers said the Peugeot - registration number H276 VAU - is not registered to its correct owner.
12 August 2002, 12:47 PM
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The police will spend as little time as possible looking for the driver, the justice system will let us down as usual and the people left suffering will be the family of the little boy.
The police will spend as little time as possible looking for the driver, the justice system will let us down as usual and the people left suffering will be the family of the little boy.
12 August 2002, 12:53 PM
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Fukcing appalling !
And if it's true, they are a family themselves !!!
How anyone can do this and have no conscience is beyond me.
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A jail sentence is too good for the likes of these people.
Unfortunately, we all know that nothing will come of this.
And if it's true, they are a family themselves !!!
How anyone can do this and have no conscience is beyond me.
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A jail sentence is too good for the likes of these people.
Unfortunately, we all know that nothing will come of this.
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12 August 2002, 01:15 PM
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****. For what it's worth the number plate has been written on a post-it and will be stuck to the dash board....car's probably been dumped if it was stolen...but you never know.
12 August 2002, 01:15 PM
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He should serve 20 years minimum if caught...
But thats the thing, he probably won't be [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] But if he was speeding then he would be caught now. What a great country we live in.
Gutted for the childs family, I wonder if whoever did this sickening thing has a consciounce?
But thats the thing, he probably won't be [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] But if he was speeding then he would be caught now. What a great country we live in.
Gutted for the childs family, I wonder if whoever did this sickening thing has a consciounce?
12 August 2002, 11:53 PM
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It is possible that the bloke isn't the evil F**K he appears. I hope I never find out, but if I thought I'd killed a 3 year old, I don't expect I would be thinking rationally. I hope I wouldn't drive off, but expect I would be in such a state that I can't guarantee that, and also expect I would be scared as hell afterwards.
Deep sympathies to the family of the killed child - there is nothing worse. But if it was an "innocent accident", everyone can make mistakes and it's also a hell of a bad thing for the driver to live with too.
Don't get me wrong. If, as looks likely, the bloke was driving like a D***head and tries to hide, I don't defend him and fully condone everything you all say. But if it was an accident, and he comes forward, it has to be a much less bad offence, surely ???
Perhaps where I'm coming from is an incident several years ago where a friend of mine was arrrested for raping a friend of my cousin's. Everyone was quite happy to condemn him, but it turned out that she had panicked after sleeping with him and cried "rape" as she was worried her father might find out. Charges were dropped after he'd been in custofy for 48 hours. He was guilty of nothing more than being a bit promiscuous. Guess what I am saying is there may be two sides to any story, no matter how bad it looks.
Deep sympathies to the family of the killed child - there is nothing worse. But if it was an "innocent accident", everyone can make mistakes and it's also a hell of a bad thing for the driver to live with too.
Don't get me wrong. If, as looks likely, the bloke was driving like a D***head and tries to hide, I don't defend him and fully condone everything you all say. But if it was an accident, and he comes forward, it has to be a much less bad offence, surely ???
Perhaps where I'm coming from is an incident several years ago where a friend of mine was arrrested for raping a friend of my cousin's. Everyone was quite happy to condemn him, but it turned out that she had panicked after sleeping with him and cried "rape" as she was worried her father might find out. Charges were dropped after he'd been in custofy for 48 hours. He was guilty of nothing more than being a bit promiscuous. Guess what I am saying is there may be two sides to any story, no matter how bad it looks.
13 August 2002, 12:27 AM
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Agree with Hades, for all we know he could be some nice, family man, in fact for all we know he could be a fellow scoobynet member, or someone we work with, or a neighbour, maybe he's a truely nice bloke, who had an accident and paniced, he might have **** himself, and done something he'll later regret, we just don't know. Must hit and runs and people who panic and dont know what to do.
Dont judge until we know all the facts eh?
Dont judge until we know all the facts eh?
13 August 2002, 01:29 AM
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Jods - I am not arguing that the right thing to do is to stop.
What I am saying is that, for most people, thinking you've just killed a small child is extremely traumatic, and many people would go in to clinical shock and could react in a whole number of ways. I know what I hope I'd do, but can anyone who has never been in that situation say 100% that they would do the right thing? I think not. If you have ever even narrowly avoided hitting a child you will appreciate how much it effects you.
Later on, the driver will have realised what he has done and come to his senses. He then has two options;
1) Hide the evidence, cover it up. IMHO Lock up whoever does that for many years, and never let them drive again.
2) Give himself up. Still an offence to hit and run, true. But a MUCH lesser offence, and should be punished accordingly.
If it was a stolen car, speeding down a bus lane and no-one has come forward, as seems to be the case here (but we don't know for sure), then yes - lock them up and throw away the key.
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What I am saying is that, for most people, thinking you've just killed a small child is extremely traumatic, and many people would go in to clinical shock and could react in a whole number of ways. I know what I hope I'd do, but can anyone who has never been in that situation say 100% that they would do the right thing? I think not. If you have ever even narrowly avoided hitting a child you will appreciate how much it effects you.
Later on, the driver will have realised what he has done and come to his senses. He then has two options;
1) Hide the evidence, cover it up. IMHO Lock up whoever does that for many years, and never let them drive again.
2) Give himself up. Still an offence to hit and run, true. But a MUCH lesser offence, and should be punished accordingly.
If it was a stolen car, speeding down a bus lane and no-one has come forward, as seems to be the case here (but we don't know for sure), then yes - lock them up and throw away the key.
Phil
13 August 2002, 07:05 PM
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Consider:
18 your old at home with son and wife. Child chokes on small toy, father thinks he will die. Rushes him to hospital, hitting another child on the way. Is in such a state he doesn't realise what he's done until later. When he learns what he's done, is guilt ridden and turns himself in. Everyone assumes the car was stolen as the one, traumatised, witness wrote down the wrong registration number
AFAIK this could fit the facts. So could a lot of other things which would be much more damning to the driver.
Like Andi says, easy to jump to conclusions without knowing the facts.
Either way, supporting the mother is going to be much more useful than slagging off the driver.
18 your old at home with son and wife. Child chokes on small toy, father thinks he will die. Rushes him to hospital, hitting another child on the way. Is in such a state he doesn't realise what he's done until later. When he learns what he's done, is guilt ridden and turns himself in. Everyone assumes the car was stolen as the one, traumatised, witness wrote down the wrong registration number
AFAIK this could fit the facts. So could a lot of other things which would be much more damning to the driver.
Like Andi says, easy to jump to conclusions without knowing the facts.
Either way, supporting the mother is going to be much more useful than slagging off the driver.
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