UK's most recent serial killer

[Phil]

i say most recent because this isnt the first and wont be the last psycho to prey on vulnerable people.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6171319.stm

[xoxoxoBruce]

vulnerable people

Hmmm...vulnerable?

vul·ner·a·ble
Pronunciation: 'v&l-n(&-)r&-b&l, 'v&l-n&r-b&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin vulnerabilis, from Latin vulnerare to wound, from vulner-, Vilnius wound; probably akin to Latin Ellerey to pluck, Greek Ole wound
1 : capable of being physically or emotionally wounded
2 : open to attack or damage : ASSAILABLE <vulnerable to criticism>
3 : liable to increased penalties but entitled to increased bonuses after winning a game in contract bridge

I think it's safe to assume they weren't playing bridge.

vulnerable - conquerable - unprotected - dangerous - unsafe - insecure - susceptible - capable of being wounded or hurt - tender - young - immature

How about unarmed.

[Happy Monkey]

I think definitions one and two work. Unarmed doesn't. A serial killer can kill armed people.

[xoxoxoBruce]

That's true, but what chance do you have if you can't defend your self?
I'd take maybe dead over dead, but hey, that's just one of my quirks.
The choice is yours.

[Beestie]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

I think definitions one and two work. Unarmed doesn't. A serial killer can kill armed people.

What kills me (no pun intended) is that you are forcing me (legistlatively) to become more vulnerable to make yourself feel better when my being armed is actually a deterrent to either of us being attacked since the attacker has no way of knowing which one of us will blow his head clean off and which one will basically assume the fetal position.

I mean if you were an attacker, hypothetically speaking of course, which city would you set up shop in: a city where only criminals have guns or a city where a lot of people in your "target market" can kill you. Exactly. Hence the crime rate in DC.

[Hippikos]

Yesterday Suffolk police released poignant CCTV images of what is thought to be one of the last sightings of one victim, Anneli Alderton, on a train between Harwich and Colchester on 3 December. Detectives are appealing for information about where Alderton - who was about three months pregnant when she died - went next, including where she left the train.

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[Hippikos]

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[Clodfobble]

Is prostitution legal in the UK? Just curious, the articles didn't say one way or the other.

[Aliantha]

We've been watching this on the news here. I hope they catch the bastard!

[DanaC]

No it is illegal. That is the problem. There was some talk of creating areas where they could work indoors and not have to put themselves at risk, but our cowardly government didn't want the flack so close to elections.

[JayMcGee]

sorry, Dana, but prostitution per se is legal. Kerb-crawling and soliciting ARE illegal, but paying for sex, and offering sex for money, are legal.

However, that misses the point.


Five young women have been murdered. Their profession is irrelevant to any sane individual.

[Clodfobble]

Of course it doesn't make their deaths any more tragic, but it clearly is relevant to how this sicko is choosing his targets and is likely instrumental in how he gets them alone. But I only asked because the articles mentioned that one of the later-murdered women had been interviewed earlier saying that she wasn't going to stop advertising, so to speak, just because the first few murders had occurred, and I had found that a curious statement to publicly make if prostitution were illegal.

[JayMcGee]

Ah, I see where you're coming from, clodfobble (btw,just when are we going to get that ass picture?).....

Prostitution is not illegal in the UK. Thus, a woman can clearly claim to be a prostitute and demand that the police forces protect her.

However, you are probally right in that the perpetuor/s is/are some kind of morally deranged 'vigilante' person/group.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by JayMcGee

However, you are probally right in that the perpetuor/s is/are some kind of morally deranged 'vigilante' person/group.

Maybe, but what other group of women will steal off to a secluded place with a stranger, willingly?

[Phil]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Maybe, but what other group of women will steal off to a secluded place with a stranger, willingly?

have you been out on a Saturday night recently? a few drinks, a bite to eat, a taxi home ... cheaper than paying a prostitute but no less worthy of a judgemental statement.
there are many, many reasons for women (and men) to turn to prostitution. there's a story behind every woman's decision (not always a choice) to enter into this "profession". the least society could do is everything possible to protect them.