hello and a warm welcome from grumpy towers.
i could have covered the election and biffos mauling by the voters but i thought no theres enough of it around already so i chose this instead.
this story which in itself is enough to sicken the decentest of people but proves once again how the so called justice system is failing to protet the innocent.
A STRING of blunders - and a broken photocopier - left a knife maniac free to butcher two French students, The Sun can reveal.
And as the killer and his accomplice were jailed yesterday the victims' tormented parents vowed to sue Justice Minister Jack Straw over failures by the legal system.
They said an apology issued by him "would not suffice".
Dano Sonnex, 23 - nicknamed "Mad Dog" - should have been behind bars when he and Nigel Farmer, 34, slaughtered Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez - both 23.
The brilliant biochemists were stabbed a total of 244 times during an orgy of violence on June 29 last year.
They were tortured for their PIN numbers after their bank cards were stolen.
But cops were supposed to have picked up Sonnex at least 12 DAYS before the bloodbath and sent him back to prison to finish an eight-year sentence for robbery, wounding and assault.
He had been released early but immediately committed another knife crime.
Yesterday he was jailed for a minimum of 40 years and Dublin-born Farmer, who is suicidal, must serve at least 35 for murdering the French pair, who were on attachment at Imperial College, London.
The judge, Mr Justice Saunders, told the Old Bailey: "I am satisfied that the only reason for the number of stab wounds is that the killings were sadistic.
"The killers got pleasure from what they were doing."
Sonnex winked at his father Bernie in the public gallery and pretended to whistle as he swaggered from the dock.
The mercilessly violent crook, who came from a feared South London criminal family, had been released from jail on February 8, 2008.
An assessment of the potential danger he might pose was launched the previous autumn by the Multi-Agency Public Protection panel.
Sonnex was known to have an explosive temper and had even told a doctor in prison he feared he would kill someone - a warning that was never passed on.
The MAPP hearing was due to reconvene in January 2008 but crucial documents were not circulated because a Probation Service photocopier broke down.
The meeting was scrapped and the release went ahead.
Sonnex, who had a history of drug abuse, became the responsibility of an inept, newly-qualified junior probation officer who was also dealing with 126 other cases.
Only TWO DAYS after being freed Sonnex and a pal tied up and robbed a pregnant woman and her boyfriend.
The couple refused to give statements to police - fearing reprisals from Sonnex's family - and the case was left on file.
Sonnex was quizzed by his probation officer but simply denied being involved.
He could have been recalled to jail immediately - yet was let off with a verbal warning. Over the next two months, he attended weekly probation appointments and appeared to be narcotic-free.
But police believe he hoodwinked the officer and was back on drugs and burgling to feed his habit.
Sonnex missed a probation appointment on April 28, having earlier been arrested in possession of a handbag stolen in a burglary.
He was charged with handling stolen goods and remanded by Greenwich magistrates to Belmarsh Prison.
On May 3, his probation officer began a recall process for Sonnex to serve the remaining 2½ years of his original sentence. It should have taken a day for the recall notice to be completed. Yet it took 40 DAYS to send the papers to the Home Office.
On May 16 Sonnex was bailed by magistrates who thought he would remain behind bars because his licence had been revoked.
The probation officer sent an email to court staff stressing the recall process had not been completed.
But the message went to Greenwich magistrates, instead of the court's annexe at Belmarsh Prison where he was appearing, and the information was not forwarded. Sonnex was given "technical bail" by the court, even giving his family home in Deptford as a place to live.
It took the probation service until June 12 - 26 days after Sonnex was wrongly bailed - to send a fax to the Home Office asking for him to be returned to prison.
The following day the Metropolitan Police was asked to arrest Sonnex.
The arrest should have happened within 96 hours but officers waited 16 days before even looking for him.
Eventually, two cops arrived at his home at 2.30pm on June 29 - nine hours after the two French students were murdered.
Sonnex gave officers the slip but was eventually caught on July 10 hiding in his grandparents' loft in Peckham.
Junkie Farmer, a decorator and father of eight-year-old twin boys, surrendered to police three days earlier.
Management failings in the London Probation Service were blamed by two reviews into Sonnex's case.
Its head, David Scott, resigned in March.
Laurent and Gabriel were asleep at Laurent's bedsit in New Cross, South London, when the killers broke in.
Sonnex and Farmer started stealing video game consoles, mobile phones and credit cards - then the bloodbath began.
Laurent was stabbed 194 times and Gabriel 50 with a 12in Turkish army knife.
The bedsit was later set ablaze by Farmer.
A week before the murders, Sonnex broke in and stole a computer as Laurent was in the shower.
It also emerged later that Sonnex tried to burgle the home of EastEnders actress Laila Morse, who plays Mo Harris, shortly before the killings.
Gabriel's dad Oliver said after the trial he was taking legal action because both the students "would be alive today if the British justice system had not failed us".
He added: "I hope my son's death will not be in vain."
Laurent's dad Guy said: "I think every person concerned who had something to do with this should be in front of a court."
Sonnex, of Peckham, and Farmer, of no fixed address, were each found guilty of both murders.
French student killers Daniel Sonnex and Nigel Farmer get life | The Sun |News
AAG
some serious questions must be asked about why it took the probation service such a long time to complete the paperwork required why it took 26 days to send a faxrequiring sonnexs recall to prison .
and why it took the police 16 days to look for this walking timebomb as apposed
to 96 hours.
which is in itself disgracefull the police should have been looking for this violent man in 96 minutes let alone 96 hours.
its just a catalogue of failures right down from the bench to the police.
sonnex and farmer are dangerous individuals who should be hanged but will now be kept at the expense of the taxpayer untill they are old enough to be let outside into society and draw their old age pensions
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pantoandy;1199953 wrote: hello and a warm welcome from grumpy towers.
i could have covered the election and biffos mauling by the voters but i thought no theres enough of it around already so i chose this instead.
this story which in itself is enough to sicken the decentest of people but proves once again how the so called justice system is failing to protet the innocent.
A STRING of blunders - and a broken photocopier - left a knife maniac free to butcher two French students, The Sun can reveal.
And as the killer and his accomplice were jailed yesterday the victims' tormented parents vowed to sue Justice Minister Jack Straw over failures by the legal system.
They said an apology issued by him "would not suffice".
Dano Sonnex, 23 - nicknamed "Mad Dog" - should have been behind bars when he and Nigel Farmer, 34, slaughtered Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez - both 23.
The brilliant biochemists were stabbed a total of 244 times during an orgy of violence on June 29 last year.
They were tortured for their PIN numbers after their bank cards were stolen.
But cops were supposed to have picked up Sonnex at least 12 DAYS before the bloodbath and sent him back to prison to finish an eight-year sentence for robbery, wounding and assault.
He had been released early but immediately committed another knife crime.
Yesterday he was jailed for a minimum of 40 years and Dublin-born Farmer, who is suicidal, must serve at least 35 for murdering the French pair, who were on attachment at Imperial College, London.
The judge, Mr Justice Saunders, told the Old Bailey: "I am satisfied that the only reason for the number of stab wounds is that the killings were sadistic.
"The killers got pleasure from what they were doing."
Sonnex winked at his father Bernie in the public gallery and pretended to whistle as he swaggered from the dock.
The mercilessly violent crook, who came from a feared South London criminal family, had been released from jail on February 8, 2008.
An assessment of the potential danger he might pose was launched the previous autumn by the Multi-Agency Public Protection panel.
Sonnex was known to have an explosive temper and had even told a doctor in prison he feared he would kill someone - a warning that was never passed on.
The MAPP hearing was due to reconvene in January 2008 but crucial documents were not circulated because a Probation Service photocopier broke down.
The meeting was scrapped and the release went ahead.
Sonnex, who had a history of drug abuse, became the responsibility of an inept, newly-qualified junior probation officer who was also dealing with 126 other cases.
Only TWO DAYS after being freed Sonnex and a pal tied up and robbed a pregnant woman and her boyfriend.
The couple refused to give statements to police - fearing reprisals from Sonnex's family - and the case was left on file.
Sonnex was quizzed by his probation officer but simply denied being involved.
He could have been recalled to jail immediately - yet was let off with a verbal warning. Over the next two months, he attended weekly probation appointments and appeared to be narcotic-free.
But police believe he hoodwinked the officer and was back on drugs and burgling to feed his habit.
Sonnex missed a probation appointment on April 28, having earlier been arrested in possession of a handbag stolen in a burglary.
He was charged with handling stolen goods and remanded by Greenwich magistrates to Belmarsh Prison.
On May 3, his probation officer began a recall process for Sonnex to serve the remaining 2½ years of his original sentence. It should have taken a day for the recall notice to be completed. Yet it took 40 DAYS to send the papers to the Home Office.
On May 16 Sonnex was bailed by magistrates who thought he would remain behind bars because his licence had been revoked.
The probation officer sent an email to court staff stressing the recall process had not been completed.
But the message went to Greenwich magistrates, instead of the court's annexe at Belmarsh Prison where he was appearing, and the information was not forwarded. Sonnex was given "technical bail" by the court, even giving his family home in Deptford as a place to live.
It took the probation service until June 12 - 26 days after Sonnex was wrongly bailed - to send a fax to the Home Office asking for him to be returned to prison.
The following day the Metropolitan Police was asked to arrest Sonnex.
The arrest should have happened within 96 hours but officers waited 16 days before even looking for him.
Eventually, two cops arrived at his home at 2.30pm on June 29 - nine hours after the two French students were murdered.
Sonnex gave officers the slip but was eventually caught on July 10 hiding in his grandparents' loft in Peckham.
Junkie Farmer, a decorator and father of eight-year-old twin boys, surrendered to police three days earlier.
Management failings in the London Probation Service were blamed by two reviews into Sonnex's case.
Its head, David Scott, resigned in March.
Laurent and Gabriel were asleep at Laurent's bedsit in New Cross, South London, when the killers broke in.
Sonnex and Farmer started stealing video game consoles, mobile phones and credit cards - then the bloodbath began.
Laurent was stabbed 194 times and Gabriel 50 with a 12in Turkish army knife.
The bedsit was later set ablaze by Farmer.
A week before the murders, Sonnex broke in and stole a computer as Laurent was in the shower.
It also emerged later that Sonnex tried to burgle the home of EastEnders actress Laila Morse, who plays Mo Harris, shortly before the killings.
Gabriel's dad Oliver said after the trial he was taking legal action because both the students "would be alive today if the British justice system had not failed us".
He added: "I hope my son's death will not be in vain."
Laurent's dad Guy said: "I think every person concerned who had something to do with this should be in front of a court."
Sonnex, of Peckham, and Farmer, of no fixed address, were each found guilty of both murders.
French student killers Daniel Sonnex and Nigel Farmer get life | The Sun |News
AAG
some serious questions must be asked about why it took the probation service such a long time to complete the paperwork required why it took 26 days to send a faxrequiring sonnexs recall to prison .
and why it took the police 16 days to look for this walking timebomb as apposed
to 96 hours.
which is in itself disgracefull the police should have been looking for this violent man in 96 minutes let alone 96 hours.
its just a catalogue of failures right down from the bench to the police.
sonnex and farmer are dangerous individuals who should be hanged but will now be kept at the expense of the taxpayer untill they are old enough to be let outside into society and draw their old age pensions This had to be one of the most violent premeditated torture and murders i read about. I would fully endorse the death penalty here.
i could have covered the election and biffos mauling by the voters but i thought no theres enough of it around already so i chose this instead.
this story which in itself is enough to sicken the decentest of people but proves once again how the so called justice system is failing to protet the innocent.
A STRING of blunders - and a broken photocopier - left a knife maniac free to butcher two French students, The Sun can reveal.
And as the killer and his accomplice were jailed yesterday the victims' tormented parents vowed to sue Justice Minister Jack Straw over failures by the legal system.
They said an apology issued by him "would not suffice".
Dano Sonnex, 23 - nicknamed "Mad Dog" - should have been behind bars when he and Nigel Farmer, 34, slaughtered Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez - both 23.
The brilliant biochemists were stabbed a total of 244 times during an orgy of violence on June 29 last year.
They were tortured for their PIN numbers after their bank cards were stolen.
But cops were supposed to have picked up Sonnex at least 12 DAYS before the bloodbath and sent him back to prison to finish an eight-year sentence for robbery, wounding and assault.
He had been released early but immediately committed another knife crime.
Yesterday he was jailed for a minimum of 40 years and Dublin-born Farmer, who is suicidal, must serve at least 35 for murdering the French pair, who were on attachment at Imperial College, London.
The judge, Mr Justice Saunders, told the Old Bailey: "I am satisfied that the only reason for the number of stab wounds is that the killings were sadistic.
"The killers got pleasure from what they were doing."
Sonnex winked at his father Bernie in the public gallery and pretended to whistle as he swaggered from the dock.
The mercilessly violent crook, who came from a feared South London criminal family, had been released from jail on February 8, 2008.
An assessment of the potential danger he might pose was launched the previous autumn by the Multi-Agency Public Protection panel.
Sonnex was known to have an explosive temper and had even told a doctor in prison he feared he would kill someone - a warning that was never passed on.
The MAPP hearing was due to reconvene in January 2008 but crucial documents were not circulated because a Probation Service photocopier broke down.
The meeting was scrapped and the release went ahead.
Sonnex, who had a history of drug abuse, became the responsibility of an inept, newly-qualified junior probation officer who was also dealing with 126 other cases.
Only TWO DAYS after being freed Sonnex and a pal tied up and robbed a pregnant woman and her boyfriend.
The couple refused to give statements to police - fearing reprisals from Sonnex's family - and the case was left on file.
Sonnex was quizzed by his probation officer but simply denied being involved.
He could have been recalled to jail immediately - yet was let off with a verbal warning. Over the next two months, he attended weekly probation appointments and appeared to be narcotic-free.
But police believe he hoodwinked the officer and was back on drugs and burgling to feed his habit.
Sonnex missed a probation appointment on April 28, having earlier been arrested in possession of a handbag stolen in a burglary.
He was charged with handling stolen goods and remanded by Greenwich magistrates to Belmarsh Prison.
On May 3, his probation officer began a recall process for Sonnex to serve the remaining 2½ years of his original sentence. It should have taken a day for the recall notice to be completed. Yet it took 40 DAYS to send the papers to the Home Office.
On May 16 Sonnex was bailed by magistrates who thought he would remain behind bars because his licence had been revoked.
The probation officer sent an email to court staff stressing the recall process had not been completed.
But the message went to Greenwich magistrates, instead of the court's annexe at Belmarsh Prison where he was appearing, and the information was not forwarded. Sonnex was given "technical bail" by the court, even giving his family home in Deptford as a place to live.
It took the probation service until June 12 - 26 days after Sonnex was wrongly bailed - to send a fax to the Home Office asking for him to be returned to prison.
The following day the Metropolitan Police was asked to arrest Sonnex.
The arrest should have happened within 96 hours but officers waited 16 days before even looking for him.
Eventually, two cops arrived at his home at 2.30pm on June 29 - nine hours after the two French students were murdered.
Sonnex gave officers the slip but was eventually caught on July 10 hiding in his grandparents' loft in Peckham.
Junkie Farmer, a decorator and father of eight-year-old twin boys, surrendered to police three days earlier.
Management failings in the London Probation Service were blamed by two reviews into Sonnex's case.
Its head, David Scott, resigned in March.
Laurent and Gabriel were asleep at Laurent's bedsit in New Cross, South London, when the killers broke in.
Sonnex and Farmer started stealing video game consoles, mobile phones and credit cards - then the bloodbath began.
Laurent was stabbed 194 times and Gabriel 50 with a 12in Turkish army knife.
The bedsit was later set ablaze by Farmer.
A week before the murders, Sonnex broke in and stole a computer as Laurent was in the shower.
It also emerged later that Sonnex tried to burgle the home of EastEnders actress Laila Morse, who plays Mo Harris, shortly before the killings.
Gabriel's dad Oliver said after the trial he was taking legal action because both the students "would be alive today if the British justice system had not failed us".
He added: "I hope my son's death will not be in vain."
Laurent's dad Guy said: "I think every person concerned who had something to do with this should be in front of a court."
Sonnex, of Peckham, and Farmer, of no fixed address, were each found guilty of both murders.
French student killers Daniel Sonnex and Nigel Farmer get life | The Sun |News
AAG
some serious questions must be asked about why it took the probation service such a long time to complete the paperwork required why it took 26 days to send a faxrequiring sonnexs recall to prison .
and why it took the police 16 days to look for this walking timebomb as apposed
to 96 hours.
which is in itself disgracefull the police should have been looking for this violent man in 96 minutes let alone 96 hours.
its just a catalogue of failures right down from the bench to the police.
sonnex and farmer are dangerous individuals who should be hanged but will now be kept at the expense of the taxpayer untill they are old enough to be let outside into society and draw their old age pensions This had to be one of the most violent premeditated torture and murders i read about. I would fully endorse the death penalty here.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. R.L. Binyon