GUILT EDGED? - NOT THIS TIME..
I don`t think I`ll be accused of perverting the course of justice by writing this because, in one of the most horrendous cases I`ve ever heard, the accused had already pleaded guilty before today`s hearing in Truro Crown Court. 33-year old Shane Jenkin of Hayle in Cornwall admitted grievous bodily harm with intent and he will be sentenced sometime next month.
The scale of the assault he carried out on mother of two, Tina Nash, is scarcely believable, but as well as gouging out both of her eyes, leaving her permanently blinded, Jenkin also broke her jaw and her nose, inflicted a gruesome beating and then leaving her for 12 hours before any help arrived. These days, we`re in danger of getting used to violence on the streets and in the home but this case simply beggars belief that anyone could be capable of such barbaric behaviour.
Now, we have to wait a few weeks before Jenkin is sentenced and I hope this will not be a case where any semblance of mitigation is even contemplated. I imagine there will be `reports` about Jenkin for the judge to consider but there can surely be no excuse for his actions, such as those that we hear about all too often - deprived upbringing, difficult childhood, social inadequacies and all the usual claptrap that gets trotted out.
This time it`s clear that Jenkin is not the victim of any mitigating circumstances whatsoever, there can be no excuses and his admission of guilt cannot be edged in any way by namby pamby apologists for his indefensible actions. If ever there was a case to lock someone up and throw away the keys, this is it.
The scale of the assault he carried out on mother of two, Tina Nash, is scarcely believable, but as well as gouging out both of her eyes, leaving her permanently blinded, Jenkin also broke her jaw and her nose, inflicted a gruesome beating and then leaving her for 12 hours before any help arrived. These days, we`re in danger of getting used to violence on the streets and in the home but this case simply beggars belief that anyone could be capable of such barbaric behaviour.
Now, we have to wait a few weeks before Jenkin is sentenced and I hope this will not be a case where any semblance of mitigation is even contemplated. I imagine there will be `reports` about Jenkin for the judge to consider but there can surely be no excuse for his actions, such as those that we hear about all too often - deprived upbringing, difficult childhood, social inadequacies and all the usual claptrap that gets trotted out.
This time it`s clear that Jenkin is not the victim of any mitigating circumstances whatsoever, there can be no excuses and his admission of guilt cannot be edged in any way by namby pamby apologists for his indefensible actions. If ever there was a case to lock someone up and throw away the keys, this is it.
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