Comments on: Shannon Matthews: Karen Matthews Arrested, Sentenced To Life In Jail And Counting The Kids

By: coolandcalm

coolandcalm — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:05:46 +0000

Being pedantic.. (!!) Mary Bell didn’t write the book herself although she was interviewed for it. (I’m looking at it on the bookshelf)

Jeffrey Archer didn’t write anything about his actual crime, just the following incarceration.

The way round all of this, that many a real crim has taken (Eddie Richardson for one) is to write about EVERYTHING you’re not convicted of and scoot around the edges of the actual offence.

‘Proceeds of Crime’ is a very ambiguous phrase.

Sharron Matthews could write a lengthy tome about her childhood, relationships and deprived life but leave out the actual ‘abduction’. Best seller material there.

By: delboy

delboy — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:04:52 +0000

The most serious charge of perverting the course of justice carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, although 10 years is the largest sentence passed in the last 100 years.

your joking aint you,murderers dont get that long!!

By: PeterMac

PeterMac — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:53:56 +0000

… charged with Child Neglect.
Now there’s a thought.

By: Ann

Ann — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:47:49 +0000

I doubt very much if the McCs will now be hastening to add their two-pennorth of sympathies to this particular case and probably screaming backwards from any association with them !! perhaps now when and if, another child goes missing ( God forbid) we shall be spared their eternal band-waggon jumping and extending of their sympathies to all and sundry which I can never understand since they are still suspects in their own child’s disappearance

By: Gandolf

Gandolf — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:43:41 +0000

Every one knows the delectable Karen is traumatised and innocence personified, did our resident Anorak body language experts tell us so, body language my arse.
How much longer can the pool have refs giving them free penalty kicks, must be the body language.

By: i-dont-believe-them

i-dont-believe-them — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:30:34 +0000

the whole thing is sad and getting sadder by the day. the trail of tears is lengthening.

By: agw

agw — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:52:18 +0000

I regret to inform Young Mr. Anorak he may be confused.
It is not considered “nice” to make money from or profit from crime, although he succeeds in doing it everyday ( IMHO, lol, SWALK and the Forces’ favourite GYKOICH)

Double killer Mary Bell published a book back in 1998 which caused a bit of a yah boo sucks reaction (Premier Tone Blair thought it in bad taste but, just so you never forget, Tone did not feel nearly as badly as the the families of Martin Brown,4, and Brian Howe ,3, killed - judgement was double manslaughter - in 1968 by the then 11-year-old Bell).
Any attempt to profit from crime may very well attract the the attention of:
The Assets Recovery Agency (yes there really is one)
Its powers include:

* new powers to seize status-setting acquisitions - such as diamond jewellery and plasma screen TVs - from those charged with crimes such as burglary and robbery
* seizing both cash and assets like boats and cars that have been used in crimes, or are the proceeds of crimes
* including recovery of the proceeds of crime as part of criminal sentencing
* offering citizens a percentage of the seizures for whistle-blowing on fraud committed against the government
* removing the time limit for seizing crime-related assets

If?? Ms Matthews is brought to trial and found guilty she may very well have to give up any status symbols she has . She has allegedly already given up on her toy boy. and, if convicted, may have no choice or say in the future of her children. Regrettably, that may already be the case.

….and you were warned…once again first and foremost by Anorak, the seers’ guide to the news.

It is also still illegal to identify the whereabouts of 51-year-old Mary Bell or 31-year-old Maxine Ann Carr the former girlfriend of convicted Soham double murderer Ian Huntley.
So I won’t … but I wish I could.

By: lyn

lyn — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:45:47 +0000

Mr Archer had done that for years though, and his wife accepted it, so he said. It could have been and still is, one of those marriages where the wife does not want to divorce!
I don’t have a quote for this, but it was widely reported and he spoke about it on TV, etc.

By: DuncanR

DuncanR — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:37:54 +0000

‘He didn’t harm or neglect anyone though’

Mrs Archer may not have held that same opinion when it was widely publicised that her husband had visited a prostitute ?

By: lyn

lyn — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:28:54 +0000

Yes, Mr Archer is doing well, and, is popular on talk shows. He didn’t harm or neglect anyone though.

By: DuncanR

DuncanR — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:19:06 +0000

Penster/Anorak

Ex jailbird Jeffrey Archer (2002) springs to mind in this regard

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2301717.stm

By: lyn

lyn — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:16:23 +0000

Do you get the feeling there is more to this story than meets the eye. Who is cutting and coloring Karen’s hair. Obviously no one has told her what to say yet.

By: Anorak

Anorak — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:13:33 +0000

When she gets out she can do as she likes. Should she be found guilty and jailed, that is…

By: penster

penster — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:12:27 +0000

Can she really Anorak? Convicted crims here (Oz) are not allowed to profit from their crimes by selling stories and writing books behind bars. If and when Ms Matthews is charged and convicted will she be able to do so? Good thing she had a cut and a colour first.

By: Anorak

Anorak — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:55:57 +0000

She can sell her story to the tabloids for big money now

By: lyn

lyn — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:39:50 +0000

Karen is certainly a jolly good actress. really felt for her. She did have her hair done though, with a bit falling down from the side! The way she looks now, well, what a silly woman. Shannon is OK and the other kids too, for the time being.

By: Anorak

Anorak — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:38:39 +0000

Ginger is the new blonde

By: penster

penster — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:21:03 +0000

Karen Matthews hair is even more groomed than Kate Mccann’s. Glossy, smooth, no regrowth. Very unCHAV.