tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post6259613785561016415..comments2024-03-29T15:19:51.087+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: Your Early Release Murderer Tonight - Stephen BrowningLabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-44013470512585173662007-09-17T23:54:00.000+00:002007-09-17T23:54:00.000+00:00Some headlines and excerpts from the Wiltshire Gaz...Some headlines and excerpts from the Wiltshire Gazette and Herald over the last five days relating to a murder in Devizes. (The comments are also worth a read, where locals are somewhat skeptical of the remaining Guadianistas.)<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1685913.0.we_were_effective_say_stabbing_investigators.php" REL="nofollow">‘We were effective’ say stabbing investigators</A><BR/><BR/><I>Miss Cooper [a friend of the murder victim], 24, survived 28 stab wounds during an attack on her by Mark Oldfield at a camp site at High Post, near Salisbury, last September.</I><BR/><BR/><I>Oldfield, 32, was sentenced to life imprisonment but Miss Cooper received a letter this week from the Probation Service saying that he would be eligible for parole a year from now, having served a little over two years of his sentence.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1686108.0.town_stunned_by_violence.php" REL="nofollow">Town stunned by violence</A><BR/><BR/><I>He spoke of the events of both last Thursday and Sunday. He said: "These are things we don't like happening in our little town and it is unfortunate we have had two such events so close together.</I><BR/><BR/><I>"The public needs reassuring that crime is actually coming down in the area and these kind of things are very rare."</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1686063.0.neighbours_fears_on_church_drinkers.php" REL="nofollow">Neighbours’ fears on church drinkers</A><BR/><BR/><I>But when a huge phallic symbol was drawn on the wall of number 2, police officers supplied drinkers in the churchyard with paint to cover over the messages.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1692075.0.armed_police_swoop_on_churchyard.php" REL="nofollow">Armed police swoop on churchyard</A><BR/><BR/>No explanation is given for the sudden police activity.<BR/><BR/>I can't help but feel Devizes is on a crescendo and building towards something truly spectacular.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-31555658061061165312007-09-17T22:36:00.000+00:002007-09-17T22:36:00.000+00:00You mean 20% of it was worthwhile? That sounds lik...You mean 20% of it was worthwhile? That sounds like a quite rewarding job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-90438801748165778142007-09-17T21:59:00.000+00:002007-09-17T21:59:00.000+00:00Did you see the latest Panorama?PanoramaIts called...Did you see the latest Panorama?<BR/><A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/default.stm" REL="nofollow">Panorama</A><BR/>Its called "Wasting Police Time".<BR/>You can view it over the net I think.<BR/>The PC blogger was on it.<BR/><BR/>Apparently and I guess this will be no supprise to you, 80% of his work was a total waste of time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com