I found that news report annoying in the extreme.
One of the men involved there is almost being excused because we are told the poor thing had post traumatic stress disorder and saw terrible things as a child and it was a tragedy that he was now in this position, facing prison etc
No, it is not a tragedy. The tragedy is for the victim of the abuse. These thugs were spoken to by the off duty officer for a reason. They were vandalising things then they escalated to the next level and were very vicious.
I am sick of excuses being made for criminals. If psychologists think prior experiences are to blame for bad behaviour later, then maybe we need to stop importing people with all these bad experiences. We don't need all this violence in the community and after this man serves his sentence, he should be deported, if possible.
I think a few more mandatory deportations for very extreme and serious behaviours might see some criminals pausing when they know the consequences.
