England

13 December 2010

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-11982048

Man jailed for 23 years for chef murder

Summery

Karl Wills killed Reynald Duchene by stabbing him with a knife in his heart. Reynolds was attacked when leaving a classical music concert in Essex. Reynolds told Karl off because he was pestering Ms Haddlesey. Karl denies that he murdered Reynolds. He says that he did not want to kill him but that it was an accident because he went ‘crazy’. A witness told the jury though that Karl later demonstrated the killing to a girl he just met. Karl now is condemned to serve at least 23 years in jail. After that he might be considered for parole.

Reaction

It is good to hear that a murderer is condemned to at least 23 years of jail before he will even be considered for parole. Here in the Netherlands it is too easy to state that somebody was ‘crazy’ and that because of that they were not aware of what they did. It is also possible that a murderer gets out within 10 years because of good behaviour. We should be more strict and should not let murderers get away with it to easy, like in this case. Although Karl says it was an accident, evidence says otherwise. It was a deliberate act and he needs to be punished for that.