Three found guilty of homophobic murder of Dr Jenkins in Bute Park, Cardiff

[RainbowTown]

Bute Park: Three guilty of homophobic murder of doctor

Two men and a 17-year-old girl are found guilty of murdering Dr Gary Jenkins in a Cardiff park.

www.bbc.co.uk

Scum of the earth, all three of them.

RIP to the poor victim. He seemed a decent, kind man.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

The two blokes had to be removed from court as they were laughing at the guilty verdict. One can hope that the judge adds an appropriate number of extra years to their minimum rec for their utter lack of remorse.

 

[Pickman's model]

The two blokes had to be removed from court as they were laughing at the guilty verdict. One can hope that the judge adds an appropriate number of extra years to their minimum rec for their utter lack of remorse.

6d6 perhaps

 

[Sue]

You'd also hope we'd be past this type of shit.

'Stonewall also raised concerns at the way the prosecution presented the case, telling the jury that the victim’s “sexual predilections would be his undoing” and that he was well liked despite his “lifestyle choices or peccadilloes”.'

Three found guilty of murdering Cardiff doctor in homophobic attack

Teenage girl and two men found guilty of killing Dr Gary Jenkins, as Stonewall criticises language used during trial

www.theguardian.com

 

[editor]

Kiss goodbye to freedom for hopefully decades, you vile scumbags

After the attack, Edwards and Timms-Williams embraced. Strickland bought a bottle of whisky using a card stolen from Jenkins. The girl appeared cheerful, contacted her mother to say she did not need picking up and stayed the night with a friend.

 

[Dogsauce]

Creepy fucks plying a 16-yr old girl with booze too. There’s a word for that.

 

[Riklet]

Hope those cunts die inside. Horrible story and I love that park and know it well so it seems more shocking tbh.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Creepy fucks plying a 16-yr old girl with booze too. There’s a word for that.

Saw this on ch4 news earlier. I had no idea the guys were that much older. But she was still mentioned as being an especially sadistic person.

 

[ddraig]

RIP Gary
grim evil case
cycle past that cafe the audio is from quite often

 

[josef1878 2.0]

She only met the other two murderers for the first time the day of the murder. I can’t get my head round that bit.

 

[equationgirl]

It makes me incredibly sad and angry at the same time that people are still murdered because of bigotry around who they are.

I hope a whole life tariff is given to each of them at sentencing.

 

[krtek a houby]

He also revealed that a piece of evidence, which had not been put before the jury, was a statement from Strickland's ex-girlfriend saying he had targeted gay men in the park regularly.
Witness Louis Williams said he had seen a man on the floor with three people around him, pulling at his bag and kicking and punching him.
He said the three were "egging each other on, laughing and aggressive".


Cowardly fucking shitbags.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

It makes me incredibly sad and angry at the same time that people are still murdered because of bigotry around who they are.

I hope a whole life tariff is given to each of them at sentencing.

Sadly not likely, the starting point for a beating murder is 15 (12 for an under 18). Of course here there are a number of aggravating factors; the homophobia and that they robbed him both will up the number a fair bit. If they have form for previous robberies of gay men in the same park, that will see the years go up, and their contempt of the court proceedings and lack of remorse will all go against them. Would imagine somewhere around 23-25. Would like it to be longer, if a weapon other than fists and boots is used the starting point is much higher, (25 for knife, 30 for gun).

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

You'd also hope we'd be past this type of shit.

'Stonewall also raised concerns at the way the prosecution presented the case, telling the jury that the victim’s “sexual predilections would be his undoing” and that he was well liked despite his “lifestyle choices or peccadilloes”.'

Three found guilty of murdering Cardiff doctor in homophobic attack

Teenage girl and two men found guilty of killing Dr Gary Jenkins, as Stonewall criticises language used during trial

www.theguardian.com

My god

 

[RainbowTown]

You'd also hope we'd be past this type of shit.

Sadly not. Homophobic crime is on the increase. As of 2021, it hit a three year high. And that is only those who have reported it. It's estimated that up to four out of five attacks go unreported. That is the reality.

 

[Sue]

Sadly not. Homophobic crime is on the increase. As of 2021, it hit a three year high. And that is only those who have reported it. It's estimated that up to four out of five attacks go unreported. That is the reality.

I know. I was talking specifically about this though:

'Stonewall also raised concerns at the way the prosecution presented the case, telling the jury that the victim’s “sexual predilections would be his undoing” and that he was well liked despite his “lifestyle choices or peccadilloes”.'

Three found guilty of murdering Cardiff doctor in homophobic attack

Teenage girl and two men found guilty of killing Dr Gary Jenkins, as Stonewall criticises language used during trial

www.theguardian.com

 

[RainbowTown]

I know. I was talking specifically about this though:

Yes, ill judged and frankly prejudicial comments like that just add fuel to the fire. It was a shocking thing for them to say.

 

[ElizabethofYork]

Truly horrible. A 16 year old girl, ffs.

 

[nogojones]

She only met the other two murderers for the first time the day of the murder. I can’t get my head round that bit.

It's a big park in the centre of town and there's a culture there of meeting up with friends and big groups of people intermingling. I can see how a young person could easily end up with a crowd of wrong 'uns and get drawn into their actions to fit in/be accepted.

Not condoning her behaviour in any way, she was a willing participant. But knowing the culture over there and how wrecked up people get I can see how she ended up behaving monstrously.

 

[krtek a houby]

It's a big park in the centre of town and there's a culture there of meeting up with friends and big groups of people intermingling. I can see how a young person could easily end up with a crowd of wrong 'uns and get drawn into their actions to fit in/be accepted.

Not condoning her behaviour in any way, she was a willing participant. But knowing the culture over there and how wrecked up people get I can see how she ended up behaving monstrously.

It's quite something shocking that she was drawn into murder on first acquaintance with the others.

A shared hatred of gay men or... what?

These guys, one of them at least, had form but what was her motivation?

 

[ddraig]

It's a big park in the centre of town and there's a culture there of meeting up with friends and big groups of people intermingling. I can see how a young person could easily end up with a crowd of wrong 'uns and get drawn into their actions to fit in/be accepted.

Not condoning her behaviour in any way, she was a willing participant. But knowing the culture over there and how wrecked up people get I can see how she ended up behaving monstrously.

It shows a pic of them meeting on Queen St I think, they gave her a can of cider when sat on a bench

e2a in the bbc link in OP, says they met for the first time at 23:00 that night

Fucked up

 

[nogojones]

It's quite something shocking that she was drawn into murder on first acquaintance with the others.

A shared hatred of gay men or... what?

These guys, one of them at least, had form but what was her motivation?

Maybe she shared their hatred, maybe she wanted to fit in and was wrecked. Either way, it was the same outcome.

 

[ddraig]

LGBT tolerance 'going backwards' as hate crimes up

After the homophobic murder of a doctor, a campaigner says attacks happen "all too often".

www.bbc.co.uk

Ms Power, who was one of the founders of the LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall, told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast: "Sadly this is something that happens all too often in our community and there is actually a rising level of hate crime against all kinds of LGBT people.
"Nothing stopped these people from what was clearly a very random attack and that's something everybody who's LGBT does live in fear of.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

It's quite something shocking that she was drawn into murder on first acquaintance with the others.

A shared hatred of gay men or... what?

These guys, one of them at least, had form but what was her motivation?

Amazingly there are reports of her having had same-sex relationships previously.

 

[krtek a houby]

Amazingly there are reports of her having had same-sex relationships previously.

Didn't see that.

Such a pointless, horrible loss of life and for what? Self loathing/hatred/boredom/larfs...

 

[ddraig]

Amazingly there are reports of her having had same-sex relationships previously.

Where to?

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Maybe she shared their hatred, maybe she wanted to fit in and was wrecked. Either way, it was the same outcome.

Or maybe a damaged individual with a rough upbringing?

 

[nogojones]

Or maybe a damaged individual with a rough upbringing?

You know, I have a feeling all of them had fucked up pasts.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Where to?

Where to? Reported where, yeah? Everywhere: 'Sadistic' teenage girl who tortured doctor to death along with two men unmasked

Her defence team also claimed she was not homophobic and that she had been in a same-sex relationship.

 

[nogojones]

Her defence team also claimed she was not homophobic and that she had been in a same-sex relationship.

Well, if I were her brief I might try line that as well.