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4 horses were killed in Darwen yesterday by vandals who set fire to the stables.
Where the hell is it all going to end?
Horses killed in Darwen arson attack (From Lancashire Telegraph)

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God thats horrible.
Poor horses.
Idiot youth yobs again,probably get a slap on the wrist.
Disgraceful.

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It's very near to where I live. About 2 miles south of Darwen town centre and in a decent area.

I'm surprised that there hasn't been more response to this story. Perhaps if it had been a Daily Mail article it would have warranted a 7 page thread? :D

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I just can't bring myself around to think what makes people do things like this, is just incomprehensible. The thing is if they are caught they just get a slap on the wrist as Loz said:(

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terrible state of affairs to come to this,transport will be badly affected by this.:D

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Its disgusting

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I think you posted in the wrong thread Cashy?

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I consider myself a really understanding person and can usually try to see someone else's perspective on things or try and understand why they do things but in this instance I can't for the life of me understand what possesses someone to do this. It's mindless, cruel and if it were up to me the people who did it would be branded with a hot iron across their forehead.

I know I might come across as a bleeding liberal every now and then - but I actually think 'an eye for an eye' and punishment should be severe when it's really due!

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I hope these thugs rot in hell!!, probably kids with nothing else better to do!, string the scum up!

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I saw it on the news last night, they were showing pics of the horses and giving a little eulogy for each of them......'this is sandy, she was 3 years old and liked eating mints and having cuddles' (that kinda thing)it was really sad and the poor little kids crying over their beloved pet was awful. The fireman said they had to restrain people thatwere trying to run into the fire to save them.

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Terrible ... just mindless cruelty.

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Two youths charged with Arson. One 18 one 17.
Well done Darwen Police.

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Under the English system of things does that mean that they will be tried as adults?

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18 year old yes 17 year old young offender.....May be wrong...I'm sure this will be corrected if I am.

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I'm against all cruelty to animals and that includes La Corrida.

(bull fights):(

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Just hideous. :(

I don't know what else to say.

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A woman, I have now lost touch with, ran a stables in Darwen, known as Earnsdale Farm.
Is that the same site which was torched?

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The Telegraph gives the lady's details as Mary Howarth aged 60 of Sough Farm stable blocks, off Cranberry Lane, Darwen.

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Thanks Lilly - (not the same stable)

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Me too.....but i'ts their country and not much we can do about it..Having trouble with my keyboard at the moment...keys sticking...any suggestions?

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My chap is a fireman, he went to this fire and said it was devastating!!!
I hope the people who have been charged do not get off lightly.

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As I said in an earlier post, this incident happened fairly close to where I live and last night the police posted printed notes through the doors of people living in the vicinity.

The note says that 3 young men have been arrested and will appear at Blackburn Magistrates Court this morning, charged with burglary and arson offences. The accused have no prior convictions and had been out drinking, to celebrate a birthday.

An application will be made to remand the accused in custody prior to their trial.

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The scumbags will probably get community service, and then sent on holiday to get over the trauma.

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Thats my problem with this.
Yeah they have been caught but the punishment never seems to fit the crime,whatever they get won't be a deterrent and will more likely than not reoffend.
It's disgusting pure and simple.:mad:

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Don't eat peanut butter with your fingers;)

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They also will be charged with cruelty to animals, death resulting, won't they. I do hope they come down hard on these kids.

Brian

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One can hope ... but laws against cruelty to animals differ widely ... Canada and Ontario are toughening the penalties for cruelty to animals ... but this is a strange and troubling case ... in animal cruelty cases it is usually the owners who are at fault; this seems a lot like a booze filled act of mindless stupidity. I hope that English law is like Canadian law, where being plastered is not a defence in a court of law.

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Arson is judged to be a more serious offence than animal cruelty - perhaps Blazey can confirm

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arson was always classed as very serious in my day, so they will probably get double time community service, :rolleyes: no faith in justice whatsoever.:(

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This brings to mind the chap who lived in Church. During divorce proceedings he took a chainsaw to their furniture and then set the house alight.
There was no-one in the house at the time - it is debatable whether he was endangering neighbours ----He did a few years prison for that

Incidentally he later committed suicide in a gruesome way by self inflicted knife wounds which turned the room into a bloodbath

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It didn't say anything about that on the letter I received, but I hope so.

It said on the radio today that they'd been bailed to appear at a later date. One of the conditions of the bail was that they couldn't return to Lancashire until the trial. Seemed a strange condition. I wonder if they were from outside the county?

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seems its started already- "BAIL" thats a great deterant to start off with.:rolleyes:

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I don't know about that. If they are held in custody till the trial, and if they are found guilty, won't the time they served be taken off their sentence at a rate of 2 days off the sentence for every one day served while awaiting trial? Which would mean that they would serve less time if they were denied bail.:confused:

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don't work like that here mate, unless things have changed which i doubt.

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OMG How awful!!!!!:eek:
How can someone be so damn cruel and heartless to restrained animals. Those poor horses didnt stand a chance. I just hope the scumbags are caught and smoked to death in a cruel horrible way..

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