Comments on: Ipswich Murders

By: Bock

Bock — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:20:55 +0000

Really, Medbh? That’s a disgrace.

By: Medbh

Medbh — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:06:22 +0000

A judge in Philly recently ruled that a sex worker couldn’t be raped. Sex workers are routinely dehumanized in the press and the legal system. And murdering bastards like Wright are glorified in books and film.

By: manuel

manuel — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:03:34 +0000

Yup…….well said

By: Nora

Nora — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:05:35 +0000

The only relevance is this: drug addiction drives many women to prostitution, thereby putting them at grave risk of meeting a monster like him. Most women not involved in prostitution don’t get into cars nightly with strange men. And we’re damn glad we don’t have to.

There is a place for discussion of drugs –> prostitution, and why more isn’t done to help addicts into recovery. But such a discussion should take place in a context other than the reporting of their deaths.

By: Queen Of Clean

Queen Of Clean — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:58:50 +0000

And THATS why I don’t buy newspapers!

By: Sniffle&Cry

Sniffle&Cry — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:05:49 +0000

Sky news, a contradiction in terms, should read News of the World in video. Rupert Murdoch and his minions will never let the truth get in the way of a sordid lie. Stephen, you’re obviously one of the good Protestants, and are right in the way we distance ourselves from reality. It’s no excuse, but it’s what we do. Some fucker made a fortune out of the Boston Strangler, and in our CSI worlds, we seem to love the intrigue of a seedier world. Some other mercenary fucker is going to make a fortune here too.

It’s poignant to read the girl’s heart felt comments. It’s such a tragedy, and this evil beast has ruined so many lives now, beyond these innocent women.

By: Organ Donor

Organ Donor — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:44:40 +0000

I was watching an interview with Tania Nichols father,who was divorced or separated from her mother ,and his relief that the last time they spoke together was the night she was killed and his relief that they had parted that evening on good terms.. after this interview Channel 4 news immediately showed cctv footage of that murdering cunt picking her up in his car at the end of her dads street…
Haunted me ,i hate to admit that while they went for the sensationalist edit of the piece it was actually quite well done however accidental..

By: Darwin

Darwin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:27:14 +0000

In slight defence of RTÉ news this time, I notice they reported that Wright was convicted of killing ‘women who worked as prostitutes,’ rather than just ‘prostitutes.’

Well, it’s not like you would ever say someone was ‘convicted of killing five plumbers,’ or whatever.

By: Sinéad

Sinéad — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:29:16 +0000

Very well said. It was nauseating the way some of the media covered it, as if being a prostitute makes you any less of a human being, or more worthy of a terrifying death. Sky are the worst. Total fascists.

One of the of women (I think it was Anneli Alderton) was the same length of time into her pregnancy as me, at the time of her death. I found it really affecting, and related to her death as another mother-to-be, more than anything else.

By: mary

mary — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:12:52 +0000

The news coverage has made me really mad, almost implying that the women’s way of life was why they were murdered. I can’t say it any better then you Bock.