Talk:Wearside Jack

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[edit] Merger

I'm for the proposed merger. Oliver Keenan 21:04, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

As the user who tagged this article for a merge, I have little time and WikiExperience to perform the merge. I hope that's not a Wikipedia Faux Pas. - Raj Fra 01:38, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, looks like I found the time to do it. I hope its up to standard - it's my first major contribution to this site. --Raj Fra 04:04, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Raj. Oliver Keenan 10:31, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Disgusted.

I'm utterly disgusted, not in his hoax, in the sentence of 8 years gaol passed down when the mens rhea of his act obviously indicated an unsound mind. Perhaps someone with more insight could raise this issue in the article? I don't believe that 8 years gaol, under any excuse, should be handed down to some idiot who claimed he was a killer, thousands of people around the world do that yearly, if it wasn't for the fact that this was a sensitive case that illustrated the police's negligence in being able to aprehend the real killer, would such a sentence be passed?

Good point, but probably not something that will (or can) happen. Please see Neutral Point of View. Wikipedia articles, in my humble opinion, are simply stating known fact for future reference. Should something occur later on that can be connected to the light sentence (i.e. he was released and then reoffends), it'll be added. To be blunt, we don't (or shouldn't) really care about what happened. We're just compiling details and assembling them for the purpose of easy access for future research. --Raj Fra 06:40, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Surely not. It's merely a media circus and an attempt to save face, yay for political clown courts. 211.30.80.121 21:37, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Raj Fra, my friend, you misunderstand. The point is not that this is a light sentence, the point is that it is an unduly harsh sentence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Malcolm Starkey (talk • contribs) 23:33, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

That's a matter of opinion. This man is a disgrace to humanity. What kind of a person deliberately misleads police when they are hunting a deranged serial killer?? 8 years was too short. They should have sent him away for life. Animal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.176.97.11 (talk) 19:54, 4 May 2008 (UTC)