Bullied to death

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This is one of the saddest stories I've seen in ages. There was a clip on the news earlier that showed him being hit by one of these rats and you could see he was just taking it because he didn't know anything else.

[Ash]

Heard it today on radio 5 live.. i was shaking my head, don't know what to say

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Family jailed for Blue Lagoon murder
Terms of up to 36 years as six sentenced for killing Michael Gilbert, who was tortured before body was dumped in lake
Sam Jones
guardian.co.uk,
26 April 2010

Six members of a "depraved" family who enslaved and tortured a vulnerable man for his benefit money before eventually killing him were jailed today. Three of the family were today given life sentences for murder, including James Watt, 27, who was told he must serve a minimum of 36 years.

Today, James Watt, 27, of Luton, Bedfordshire, was jailed for life for murder, along with Oldfield, 29, and Nichola Roberts, 22, the girlfriend of James Watt's brother Richard. Watt will serve a minimum of 36 years, Oldfield a minimum of 18 and Roberts a minimum of 15.

James's brother Robert Watt, 20, and his mother, Jennifer Smith-Dennis, 58, were jailed for eight years and 10 years respectively for familial homicide. A third brother, Richard Watt, 25, who previously pleaded guilty to familial homicide, was sentenced to six years in prison.

Familial homicide, the offence of causing or allowing the death of a child or vulnerable adult, is a charge designed to ensure those jointly accused of the murder of such a person cannot avoid prosecution by blaming each other or remaining silent.

Passing sentence, Judge John Bevan QC described the case as a "grotesque story". He said Gilbert had died a "cruel, lonely and violent death" and the description of him as a slave was only a "mild exaggeration". He told the family: "In all my years, both on the bench and at the bar, I have only ever dealt with a handful of cases where the behaviour can properly be described as depraved and you can be rightly added to this list. How, in a civilised society, this behaviour was allowed to continue is a mystery." James Watt, who was described as "dangerous, cruel, vindictive, spiteful and heartless", was heard to say "cheers" to the judge as he was sent down.

Gilbert's mother, Rosalie White, did not want to comment after the sentence but his sister, Patricia Bussey, said: "It's about time it's been done, it's been dragging on for long enough. Michael has been tortured long enough and now he can finally be left in peace." On James Watt's reaction to his sentence, she said: "All I can say is it's only going to be him that's going to regret everything that's happened. I hope they rot, I really do."

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36 years is one of the heaviest sentences I've ever heard of - and the fucking rat deserves every minute of it.

[SpursFan1902]

This whole story just disgusts me. I can't even imagine what kind of horrible monster conceives a plan like this.