Originally Posted by ethariel

Good riddance, another dealer in death and misery gets his comeuppance.

I just find it so comical these days that when people are convicted of an offence and after an appeal or two, things seem to still be against them that the 'Oh actually he/she is suffering from a previously un-detected mental illness! quick quash the conviction and let them go!' syndrome is appearing much more often now.

I suppose it's all Gary mcKinnons (sp) fault really, in his 2006 interviews there was never even the slightest suggestion that he was mentally ill at all, but later his whole defence moved to 'yes he did it but his previously un diagnosed illness made him do it'.

I just feel sorry for all the law abiding people with mental disorders who will get tarred with the 'I'm Bi-Polar therfore I'm a criminal just waiting to happen' brush.