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I can't believe the audacity of this cretin. I hope he gets his comeuppance later in life.http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... _1_3995701

He wants more than a dam good hiding!

The letters cold against the property owners but at least it highlights what’s happening to the rest of us.

The letter writer has his identity protected - why is that? Is he yet another one of the many "victims" that our Society feels is in need of care and protection?The real victims are just given a crime number and expected to get on with it!    

I read somewhere that this "lad" had his sentence reduced if he drafted a letter to the victim, this is just a sad reflection on where we are with society today.I dont hear any mention that his sentence has since been returned to the original conditions or do the authorities think that because he wrote a letter it is OK.Gone are the days where a policemen can walk down the street with pride, gone are the days of respect for authority and people.I too am a victim of burgalry, three times now and no, no open windows or doors but mindless destruction to property for the purpose of theft, I am a little luckier than some as I managed to get on with life but as I say, I was lucky. I think that when I reach 65 i will go out and attempt to rob a bank, hopefully get 15 years in Armley or Wakefield, my own room, 3 full meals a day, 32" LCD TV with all the sports channels, no council tax, no water rate, no food or heating bills and still able to collect my pension and have it banked for when I get out, not worrying about if I can pay the heating bills in winter, WIFI internet, what more could one want for.Bluemax

Simple answer would be to remove the individual from society full stop. There are plenty of people that for whatever reason get themselves into a bad situation and in a bad place and commit such offences for which they genuinely repent for and show remorse and are able to be rehabilitated. Then there are the other recidivists that just don't deserve to live and should quite frankly be given a lethal injection and disposed of with the disregard the showed to their victims.

Are you seriously suggesting that burglars and arsonists are put to death?

Bluemax wrote: I read somewhere that this "lad" had his sentence reduced if he drafted a letter to the victim, this is just a sad reflection on where we are with society today.I dont hear any mention that his sentence has since been returned to the original conditions or do the authorities think that because he wrote a letter it is OK.Gone are the days where a policemen can walk down the street with pride, gone are the days of respect for authority and people.I too am a victim of burgalry, three times now and no, no open windows or doors but mindless destruction to property for the purpose of theft, I am a little luckier than some as I managed to get on with life but as I say, I was lucky. I think that when I reach 65 i will go out and attempt to rob a bank, hopefully get 15 years in Armley or Wakefield, my own room, 3 full meals a day, 32" LCD TV with all the sports channels, no council tax, no water rate, no food or heating bills and still able to collect my pension and have it banked for when I get out, not worrying about if I can pay the heating bills in winter, WIFI internet, what more could one want for.Bluemax I'm over 65. I wonder why I haven't done it? I have spent quite a bit of time in both Armley and Wakefield. I don't want to go back.

It always amazes me how many "decent" people would happily kill someone who steals something. I guess that's what makes them decent.

There are good people and there are bad people: there always will be. The main task is to protect the good from the bad. At present we as a nation don't seem to be making much headway. Successive governments are either unable or unwilling to find any real solutions with financial implications and liberalism (with a small L) restricting the building and staffing of more prisons and YOIs.The Police appear to be hamstrung by a criminal justice system which seems to aim at easy targets while allowing more serious offenders off the hook: repeat offenders are let off again and again. I can offer no acceptable remedies but am saddened by the sorry state of affairs this great country of ours finds itself in. Leeds suffers as much if not more than others in this crime epidemic and I, like so many of the population, have been a victim more than once.(Forgive me if I've gone off the main subject too much.)