Justice Cocklecarrot thunders and produces a squeak!

Paul Costa was a 29-year old, low-level, low-life, drug dealer whose wretched existence was brought to an abrupt end in January by a 17-year old 'youf' called, rather implausibly, Navarone John-Vacher.  Normally, if I were a judge, I would have been inclined to offer him the thanks of the court and set him free but unfortunately our naughty little Navarone was a partner in the drug-dealing business and following a 'board-room row' he promptly stuck a knife in the late Mr. Costa, snuffing him out of existence in much the way one might swat a fly.

You may wonder at the harsh severity of the punishment brought down on the head of this wanton killer - well, it was - wait for it - 10 years!  So, dear reader, in 2017 (if not before) you can expect to see Navarone John-Vacher, who will then be only 27-years old and super fit from endless sessions in the prison gym, swaggering down the road and looking for a contact to 'tool him up' and start all over again.

But perhaps not!  Perhaps, just perhaps, he took to heart the nice little sermon with which gentle Judge Michael Mettyear admonished him:

"This case is another illustration of the very great danger associated with carrying knives, as you were that night." [Brilliant insight!]

He said had the defendant left the scene to "cool down", no harm would probably have come to the victim. [This man will go far in the legal profession!]

"As so often happens, the presence of a knife at the scene caused you to act immediately and fatally".

You see, Naverone, it wasn't really your fault, it was the knife's, and the implication of the Judge's words is that all you need is a course in Anger Management and to take to heart the precept that patience is a virtue!

Comments

[JuliaM]

""As so often happens, the presence of a knife at the scene caused you to act immediately and fatally"."

So, in all those cases where people are kicked, punched and battered to death with bare hands and feet, what's to blame then, according to this stellar legal intellect....?

No, don't tell me.....society, I bet!

[Homer]

"The blade itself incites to violence."

[David Duff]

Obviously Judge Mettyear was a classisist as well as a plonker!

[Alexandra]

This case has made Navarone look like a bad person when really he isn't. Nobody knows him for who he is they just know what he done and judge him on that! Navarone is one of the nicest people we know and for that reason i am leaving this comment, never judge a book by its cover !! To me this was a case of self defense, if Navarone hadn't done what he done it could have been him who lost his life! And for the person

[David Duff]

Alexandra, welcome (even if you're a tad late!) to Duff & Nonsense.

You raise a point, in fact several points that I would rather deal with in a full post than a comment. I will try and do this tomorrow, so please fell free to comment again when you see it.

[kay]

you lot are sad, all you like to do is be nosey and like to hear the latest gossip. dont judge him if you dont know him.
he's a good person deep down like alexander said, i was brought up with him since i was a baby, and all i know he did'nt intend on stabbing the other guy. it was a case of self defense!
and i know all of you are going 2 say well he shouldn't of bin carrying a knife!
well if you know what actually goes on in the younger generation's life's you would understand why most young people carry them.
come on dont point fingers at 1 individual. yeah he made a wrong judgement, but think about it know 1's perfect and every one has made a wrong decision in there life,(you might say but we've never stabbed someone before) most of the population hasen't, and yeah its not something where he intended on doing it. its not as if he stabbed paul costa repeatidly. and intentions of murdering him because he didnt! anyway i've said my bit hes a good person deep down and a good friend, and loves his family alot so all the people that say its his up bringing its not.