View Full Version : Four people beat and drown a man they THOUGHT was a pedophile



PUGalicious
03-25-2007, 04:57 PM
There is a reason why we have due process...


U.K. (Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/03/22/ndrown22.xml)) — A man with learning disabilities was humiliated, tortured, and then thrown into a river to drown by four neighbours who suspected that he was a paedophile, a murder trial has heard.

The two men and two women, who are sisters, lured "trusting and vulnerable" Sean Miles, 37, to a house where he was beaten and stuck with knives. He was then taken to a different address where he was made to strip and hit with a golf club.

Finally Mr Miles, who has in IQ of just 50, was taken to the Thames in Oxford where he was thrown into the river. He could not swim and his injuries were so severe that he had no chance of saving himself, Oxford Crown Court was told.

Each time he surfaced he was pushed back under with a stick. His body was discovered by a lock keeper 10 days later in May last year.

A perfect example of how a rush to judgment can lead to tragic consequences.. kind of like a war we all know about...

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BailJumper
03-25-2007, 07:32 PM
Ohhhhhh please, what a stretch - comparing the war in Iraq to 4 idiots drowning a mentally handicapped man. I guess it takes all kinds.