Great headline

[webofevil]

Evening Standard today: Police say Suffolk strangler is ‘out of control’

What, because killing only a couple of prostitutes would show a commendable level of restraint?

Comments

[strictlytrue.livejournal.com]

There was some similar "well, duh" line in the papes the other day along the lines of "Police say prostitutes are the key to identity of killer". Not quantity surveyors, then. Good to know Inspector Knacker is on the right track...

[chiller.livejournal.com]

I was talking to one of our lawyers yesterday about this and had almost exactly that conversation.

Him: "I don't think he's sane."
Me: "He's killed five people."
Him: "Five ... that's crossed the line."
Me: "Yah. Three's ok. But five... is excessive."

He then made the usual comments about "getting these poor girls off the streets". I ground my teeth.

Yes please! All we ladies would like to be tucked up safely in our homes at all times! With big bars on the windows to keep us safe! And none of us would like the freedom to make questionable choices about what we do with our lives, neither would we like to be afforded the protection of the law from murderers if we exercise that freedom!

Just keep us safe pleeeeeease!

Mmmmm. Utopia.

[pageantmalarkey.livejournal.com]

By favourite obvious statement they keep making is that he dislikes women for some reason.

[offensive-mango.livejournal.com]

I dunno, maybe he's a property developer undergoing some radical gentrification of the area.

[psychonomy.livejournal.com]

He's a bit of a handful, isn't he?