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6 assaults i count abuse drunk and incapable wow must mean 6 years. oh no my mistake a slap on the wrist. sam should have beat up a bunch of oaps as long as he was drunk. 

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A bit off topic maybe but, as I am not on '(anti)social media', I would like to say that I am more than a little perplexed at the unduly harsh sentence handed out to Sam..

 

As many others have said, the lad needs help not incarceration but, seems that the Sheriff's Court has once more demonstrated that it is in fact a 'Police Court'.

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Staying off topic I have signed the petition against Sam's sentence.  Not only does he need specialised help that the young offenders institution is unlikely to give him but it is unfair to the staff there to send someone in need of help not punishment for them to look after as best they can.  Would point out that if he had wanted to shoot a cop or anyone else he could have done it.  Sounds more like he wanted them to shoot him.  Yes the event cost a fortune from the police budget but so do many other things which are not even treated as a crime. 

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off topic still sam called today. the prison seem to be making plans for sams stay. sounds like a place of last resort is bothering to care. just wish others had. i must stop moaning. 

​diffrent topic we are so overwhelmed by shetlands support its a very warm feeling to know people care. on behalf of my family thank you all.    

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Problem is that it is "a place of last resort".  Pity the sheriff didn't try some other option first..  After all, anybody with a grain of wit had already figured out that sam was more of a danger to himself rather than to anyone else. 

He needs help and guidance and I doubt that he will get just to much of that locked up with a bunch of 'felons'.

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Very sad to read all the bad things that sam did , Shame they managed to over look the good he has done  as i know he was a first aid worker with the red cross , So maybe been nice to paid tribute to the hours of un paid work he  has  given rather than all this  carry on .  Sam needs love and support  to address any issues  he has  and sure the jail is not going  help him in any way .

There is plenty done far worse and got off with a few hours painting buts lets face it here  he  didna hurt any one  and  sadly  he  is  the  one  that  is  suffering  .

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The spiked drink excuse is scraping the barrel, must have been some powerful micky finn if he was still affected a day later. Think he meant there was alcohol in his drink of alcohol. I agree a kicking may do some of these people the world of good and be more humane and cheaper in the long run.

I agree with you that the spiked drink excuse does seem a bit far fetched, but I suppose we are not the jury and we have not heard all the evidence.

 

As for a good kicking doing some good, does that not make us as bad as them. If we allow any Tom, Dick or Harry to dish out a kicking, we might as well get rid of the courts and return to the days of hang them high and ask questions later. Those who feel they have some right to dish out the justice might be happy with that, but I'm sure the majority wouldn't be.

 

The courts may not always get it right, but it's a far better system than letting people dish out their own ideas of justice.

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Although I couldn't comment on this particular incident, in my experience "someone spiked my drink" is usually a teenage excuse for "drank more than I could handle".

 

Above story about the older fellow putting the youngster in his place is amusing. Unfortunately if that happened now the sensible older guy would probably end up in Court himself.

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"Above story about the older fellow putting the youngster in his place is amusing. Unfortunately if that happened now the sensible older guy would probably end up in Court himself."

 

And that's because "education" and "justice" are now the exclusive preserves of the "state".

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JGHR love that story and as you say justice was served at little expense to the public. Whilst I think the older man had every right to respond and protect himself, considering the dafftie was threatening him and jabbing a knife at his face, the outcome could have been so different. It wasn't long ago that one punch has left a young man permanently disabled, or he could have ended up by being stabbed.

 

25 years ago the man had the sense to only hit him once and leave it at that. That's unlikely to happen in the world we now live in. Once the guy was on the ground the boot would go in and no doubt several others would have a go as well. Unfortunately life's not as simple as it used to be.

 

My post was a response to another posters quote "a good kicking may do these people the world of good". Whilst your man took, what should be regarded as reasonable action to defend himself, I don't think any of us should be suggesting that the answer to unacceptable behaviour is to dish out a good kicking.

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Problem is that it is "a place of last resort".  Pity the sheriff didn't try some other option first..  After all, anybody with a grain of wit had already figured out that sam was more of a danger to himself rather than to anyone else. 

He needs help and guidance and I doubt that he will get just to much of that locked up with a bunch of 'felons'.

 

I'd forgotten about this until now, who'd have thought 6 years and a change of Sheriff could make for such a radical shift in attitude.

 

http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2008/10/08/curfew-for-bb-pistol-shooter

 

How ever did they manage without the parachuted SWAT team, and locking up and throwing away the key policy back then?

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