'Pub ban' order for wife killer
A judge has told a Glasgow pensioner that stopping him going to the pub was a "more meaningful" sentence than a prison term for killing his wife.
Edward Flaherty, 74, was convicted of strangling 69-year-old Ina Flaherty with a tie after she refused to give him money to go out drinking.
Lord Matthews said Flaherty's dementia made him unsuited to prison.
He imposed a year-long restriction of liberty order which will keep him inside his home during opening hours.
The pensioner will be tagged and banned from leaving his home in the city's Drygate area between 1100 and 2300 BST after being found guilty of culpable homicide.
At the High Court in Glasgow, Lord Matthews told Flaherty that under normal circumstances he would have been given a prison sentence in double figures.
He said: "I have read and considered a number of reports from experts. It is plain to me that if I were to impose that sort of sentence you would be released in a very short time because prison would not be able to cope with your condition.
"Sentencing you would just be a token gesture. I am anxious to impose a sentence that restricts your liberty.
"You still go to the pub where you went with your wife. That must annoy her relatives.
"Not being able to go there will be a more meaningful disposal than a prison sentence which will not last long."
During the trial the jury heard that Flaherty said he had no recollection of the moment he throttled his wife of 52 years in April last year.
When asked who killed her, he said: "It must have been me. There are no ghosts running about the house who would have done that."
4 comments:
That is fucked up.
Do ya think our "special couple" from the fox will end up like that?
So, he can't go to the pub, but he ca still feed his addiction with ales from the supermarket.
No, not right. His life should be taken from him. Normally I'd say wring his neck with a tie until he dies, but a case like this can't be proved beyond a reasonable doubt, so he should be locked up and made to be slave labour till the day he dies.
The punishment should not have to be a deterrent, it should just be punishment.
"It's not vengeance. It's punishment." - Frank Castle
Therzo, once again I'm thinking you're being overly punitive on this guy. Instead, why not put him on the Greyhound on a trip from Edmonton to Winnipeg -- that should give him time to think and straighten out his head!
Oh no - the 'Fox Couple' will bludgeon one another to death, and as they die in one another's arms - they'll say "I fucking hate you!"
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