Joseph's mother, Sarah, described in a statement following the case how she was still trying to come to terms with her son's death.
She said: 'Joseph was an amazing young man who had the world at his fingertips. He was kind, funny, caring, loyal and compassionate.
'His murder has left a huge hole in the lives of his family and friends and he will be forever loved and missed by us all.
'I will never forgive and never forget.'
Another innocent robbed from his family by savages, eh?
Detective Chief Inspector Laura Harrison, from West Mildands Police's homicide unit, added: 'This is another young life lost to knife crime.
'Only those involved will know the reason for the attack, but no doubt it was not worth the price of a life, or the lengthy sentences that those convicted are facing.'
Woah, hold up there, Laura! It's no mystery at all, is it? After all, it all came out at the trial, didn't it?
Joseph, from Bartley Green, Birmingham, was in Stourbridge town centre with friends on the day of his murder, the court heard, when he spotted another group of teenagers and ran up to them at the bottom of High Street.
Joseph attacked two of them with a screwdriver before attempting to get into a car with his friends which had pulled up alongside him, jurors were told. But the teenager struggled to get into the car and ran off along Coventry Street as he was chased. Joseph was then attacked himself, suffering a fatal blow to the chest.
So who are you trying to fool? Us, or yourselves?
Typical journalists though! They've left out the most important part: was he a 'talented footballer' or an 'aspiring rapper'?
ReplyDeleteWe need to know which total to update.
Oh well … boys will be boys.
ReplyDeleteTypical senior officer boiler-plate speak. How they don't get embarrassed I never understand.
ReplyDeleteJaded
Screwdriver? Well, screw you!
ReplyDeleteWhy does the Inland Revenue rob me blind to pay for these scrotes to live idly for 72 person-years? What price the noose?
Did they plead self defence?
Am I wrong to deduce colour from their names?
This is so unfair to all the local whores and the half-caste kids he could have fathered.
ReplyDeleteWe are not allowed to be judgemental at all nowadays.
ReplyDeleteNow you might say that in times gone by some people might have been unfairly judged, suffering prejudice, and so on. But to swing over to no-one is to be judged, no one is to blame, all shall win prizes, is several steps too far. And the criminally minded and the perverse will operate under the protection of reluctance to call out bad behaviour.
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ReplyDeleteThat isn't even vaguely true!
You 'are' allowed to judge to your hearts content, as harshly and unfairly as you wish, it's your right and even legal-protected obligation ... but only if you're judging a white British (Christian, heterosexual) male.
You are explicitly 'not' allowed to judge anyone who is a criminal, a pervert, and doubly so if they are a woman, homosexual, non-Christian or of an ethnic persuasion. That would be evidence of your privilege and/or racism/sexism/homophobia/or something else we'll make up.
/sarc, in case you were wondering.
I agree, but it's not just the criminals and perverted, it's whole demographics who use the "we shall not be criticised" mantra now. The criminals are merely making use of a useful tool implemented by others (playing the system that others broke for their own selfish benefits). It will never stop, or be stopped, because too many people use exactly the same play-book themselves.
"Typical journalists though! They've left out the most important part: was he a 'talented footballer' or an 'aspiring rapper'?"
ReplyDeleteHe's white. The killers aren't. So I'm surprised this made the news.
"Oh well … boys will be boys."
SNORK!
"Typical senior officer boiler-plate speak. How they don't get embarrassed I never understand."
Because they have no shame, and no ambition beyond climbing the greasy pole.
"Am I wrong to deduce colour from their names?"
As their photos were displayed in the article, I'd have to say mixed race.
"This is so unfair to all the local whores and the half-caste kids he could have fathered."
He's white.
"We are not allowed to be judgemental at all nowadays."
Well, maybe, maybe not...
"That isn't even vaguely true!"
Oh, yes, good point! Everyone can make assumptions about this one group.