How many murderers, if any, have you known / met?

cultureman · 14/05/13 - 20:11

....... and to what extent did they conform to the popular stereotype of evil in human form that many here and elsewhere have in their minds at the mention of the term?

By" murderer" / "murderess" I mean someone convicted of such by the courts.

I'd be particularly interested in the views and experiences of those that deal with other types of ne'er do wells, such as policemen, prison officers, probation officers, criminal lawyers and those who've been "inside" themselves.

In your experience are murders as a class of criminal typically more unpleasant as people than other categories of offenders?

shmisk · 14/05/13 - 20:13

Looked after 2- both weren't very nice

alan29 · 14/05/13 - 20:16

Taught a couple of lads who murdered later in life. I was shocked at one, but not at the other.
Taught murder victims too - it was that kind of a school in that kind of an area.:(

Miss XYZ · 14/05/13 - 20:17

One. Although I'm not sure if he was found guilty of murder or manslaughter. The crime took place in the 90s. He's out now, I believe.

trevgo · 14/05/13 - 20:18

Cripes. To my knowledge, never met a solitary one. I wouldn't have thought many have.

Jumbobones · 14/05/13 - 20:19

Met a guy who had been down for murder and was in an open prison at the end of his sentence, was a lovely guy and would never have thought he was 'evil'

Penny Crayon · 14/05/13 - 20:20

When I was about 11 I was hit/beaten by a girl of about 13 or 14 in a local park/playground over an argument about a ball.

5 years later she was jailed for manslaughter.:eek:

CM · 14/05/13 - 20:20

None I hope and would never want to know one. :eek:

Eddie Badger · 14/05/13 - 20:20

I went to school with someone who killed his stepmother and nearly killed his father during the Christmas break from school. Needless to say we were all stunned, he seemed an ordinary, good humoured person and not in the least bit violent (unlike a few others). From what I remember of the court case, he claimed he was hearing voices that told him to kill.

vosne · 14/05/13 - 20:21

alan29 wrote: »

Taught a couple of lads who murdered later in life. I was shocked at one, but not at the other.
Taught murder victims too - it was that kind of a school in that kind of an area.:(

At least they'd be quiet. If a little late with homework.

macsmurray · 14/05/13 - 20:22

I've met one, he was a butcher, he was the dad of a friend of mine. Near enough took off his son's head with a cleaver and left him to die in the front garden. I always thought he was a scary man.

Pumping Iron · 14/05/13 - 20:22

Just 1. A guy who I worked the doors with ended up with a minimum 30 years for shooting another doorlad twice on his doorstep, infront of his wife and kids.

Miss XYZ · 14/05/13 - 20:23

macsmurray wrote: »

I've met one, he was a butcher, he was the dad of a friend of mine. Near enough took off his son's head with a cleaver and left him to die in the front garden. I always thought he was a scary man.

Blimey :eek: :eek:

anais32 · 14/05/13 - 20:23

Several - both in prison and released. Those released were no more dangerous than anyone else.

niki1969 · 14/05/13 - 20:24

I had a mortgage advisor come round about 20ish years ago to talk about getting a mortgage. We waited to hear back from him only to find out that after our meeting he went home and killed his wife then handed himself in to the police. Needless to say I waited a few more years before getting a mortgage.

macsmurray · 14/05/13 - 20:25

Miss XYZ wrote: »

Blimey :eek: :eek:

Very blimey, it was a really quiet neighbourhood too.

Vast_Girth · 14/05/13 - 20:26

My friend at school/college went down for 22 years for pre-meditated murder, including chopping up the body and burying it on the common. He was a nice enough guy, but his family were rough as they come and his brother was a psycho.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7267087.stm

Mark was the one i was friends with.

Rhumbatugger · 14/05/13 - 20:29

I knew one, not well, an acquaintance. He then killed a local old lady.

He seemed okay, a bit over friendly and odd, but I was shocked, well, most of those who knew him were. Ugly business.

Tourista · 14/05/13 - 20:30

One....

He served 13? yrs of a 20 stretch for murdering his friend in the 80's, and worked in the shop I managed for couple of months before he jacked it in. Scared the wits out of me at times, his look as he used to boast about how he could do anything he wanted was chilling. It may seem nasty, but when I had heard he had been killed in a car crash, I felt the world was a cleaner place without him in it.

agrainofsand · 14/05/13 - 20:30

vosne wrote: »

At least they'd be quiet. If a little late with homework.

I shouldn't laugh.

[Deleted User] · 14/05/13 - 20:31

1 murderer
3 man slaughtererers
2 victims
1 pretendy Boo Radleyesque childood 'murderer'
and a partridge in a pear tree (probably dead)

[Deleted User] · 14/05/13 - 20:32

None and hopefully I wont ever meet one.

trevgo · 14/05/13 - 20:32

Staggered at the response!

I'm double locking the door tonight.

:eek::eek::eek:

Pumping Iron · 14/05/13 - 20:32

These are the guys I worked with

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/4542398.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/4507368.stm

tellywatcher73 · 14/05/13 - 20:34

My next door neighbour in my last house was a convicted murderer. He's out on licence now and I sometimes bump into him. He was always pleasant enough to me.

Penny Crayon · 14/05/13 - 20:36

vosne wrote: »

At least they'd be quiet. If a little late with homework.

Yeah but she'd still probably say ...............and that's no excuse:D

Hey there!

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