brighton bluenose
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..........an old North Stand favourite - how times change!
Can't imagine the JCL's singing that one!!
Can't imagine the JCL's singing that one!!
Wasn't it "Harry Roberts is our mate..... He kills coppers.
Not that I was ever a Northstander.
Released today after 48, yes 48, years for killing 3 unarmed policeman (makes me ashamed for dining the song as a kid, although I did not really understand it at the time).
Although I do believe that a life sentence should mean life, it really does show the change in attitudes to crime in the modern day. Would anyone even get sentenced to 48 years nowadays?
Sorry my mistake. Crime committed in 66, sent to prison in 69. His minimum term was 30 years, has served 45, glad to have been able to correct myself.He never did, he got 3 life sentances and has served 18 years over that.
Who killed liddle towersSorry my mistake. Crime committed in 66, sent to prison in 69. His minimum term was 30 years, has served 45, glad to have been able to correct myself.
If the crime was committed in '66, why didn't he swing? I thought capital punishment ended in '67?
No , it was friend, I never heard 'mate'.Wasn't it "Harry Roberts is our mate..... He kills coppers.
Not that I was ever a Northstander.
No , it was friend, I never heard 'mate'.
He never did, he got 3 life sentances and has served 18 years over that.
Yes, it was mate, as I was a Northstander then and sang along, to my deep shame now. I was only 15 at the time but can recall that I did not really believe what I was singing, as I knew what he did was a horrible crime. Not wanting to be too dramatic, I suppose, it just shows the stupid things that some people can do and also the dangers of what one is capable of in the pack mentality.