Disabled people failed by courts and police

[Romario]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-...ice-952472.html

 

I read this on the train on the way home yesterday. What the hell is the matter with people? I'd love to know if this kind of crime

is less or more prevalent in the uk that other countries world wide. It defies belief.

 

"Christine Lakinski lay dying on her doorstep when Anthony Anderson decided to urinate on her. Ms Lakinski, a severely disabled woman,"

 

Victims of hate

 

*Christopher Foulkes: Murdered, 8 March 2007, North Wales. A teenage attacker threw a blanket over the 39-year-old wheelchair user before beating him to death in his home.

 

*Rikki Judkins: Robbed and murdered, 17 June 2006, Lancaster.

 

The 50-year-old man with learning difficulties from Coventry was robbed, beaten and left to die in a subway by two thieves.

 

*Fiona Pilkington: Driven to suicide, 26 October 2007, Leicestershire. Tormented by youths, she and her daughter, who had severe learning difficulties, were found dead in a car fire.

 

*Barrie-John Horrell: Abducted and killed, 12 July 2006, Wales. Two 'friends' put a pillowcase over the mentally-impaired 31-year old's head, then beat him to death with a brick before setting the body on fire.

 

*Christine Lakinski: Humiliated and left to die, 26 July 2007, Hartlepool. An ex-soldier urinated on the mentally and physically impaired 50-year old woman as she lay dying on the street outside her home after collapsing.

 

*David Raymond Atherton: Bullied, beaten and drowned, 12 May 2006, Warrington. Two teenagers attacked the 40-year old, who had learning difficulties, and threw him into a river.

 

*Robert Griffiths: Murdered, 12 November 2007, Doncaster. The wheelchair-bound 56-year old man died from severe burns and smoke inhalation after a suspected arson attack at his home.

 

*Steven Hoskin: Tortured and murdered, 6 July 2006, Cornwall. The mentally impaired 39-year old was led around on a dog lead by a gang who pushed him off a viaduct.

 

*Craig Robins: Attacked, 31 July 2007, Birmingham. A gang of 30 youths repeatedly stabbed the 28-year-old wheelchair-user in the face and neck and beat him with a brick, leaving him in a coma.

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