Published: 19 Sep 12 08:42 CET | Print version
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Both the thief and the victim in last week’s shocking subway track robbery spoke out on Tuesday, with the thief offering apologies for leaving his target to be hit by a train.
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It`s obvious that you haven`t seen the surveillance footage. The drunk sits on a bench by himself, with his face in his palms. That`s when the criminal sits down next to him and starts going through his pockets. The drunk is harassed to the point where he's had enough so he stands up and walks off. That`s when he stumbles down onto the tracks. To say that it would be the same outcome if the criminal wasn`t there is naive.
However, victims in situations like these need to take responsibility for themselves and personal well being. Appreciate that you live in an active and bustling city where anything is possible, don't drink so much that you put yourself in such a vulnerable position. If he were sober the criminal would have thought twice.
We have to do more to protect ourselves first and avoid being in situations like this!
I am very curious to know what the penalty for such crime would be in Tunisia where he is from? Maybe that is the fair thing to do, deport him to Tunisia where he can be judged and punished, for what he has done, and for giving his country a bad reputation...
In any case, I hope people remember his face, so if they see him in the streets they will be careful...
I would hope that someone would give him a good beating too! But the bastard is not worth to go to jail for... and the poor guy who would beat him would probably get a harsher punishment that he will ever get for his horrible crime... what a fair system we have...
no wonder the crime is on the rise in this country.
what a joke!!
I think deportation will make this guy feel that he got with commiting the crimes. Deoprtation will also allow him to continue robbing people in his home country.
I trust that the swedish and i believe that this man will be jailed for a quite long time.
Right...
Deport this psychopathic scumbag back to the hellhole he crawled out of.