I cannot remember the last time, if there ever has been a time, that a story in the news has actually made me cry.
The story of 29 year old Kevin Davies makes me want to weep each time I hear about it. Kevin, who suffered from epilepsy, was held prisoner in a shed for 4 months. He was starved, beaten and burned, he was even forced to make a hostage style video by his captors. One of them kept a diary containing details of the abuse dealt out to him.
He died on September 26th 2006. Yesterday 3 people were convicted of assault and false imprisonment. Charges of murder against them were dropped as it couldn’t be proved that Kevins death wasn’t caused by his epilepsy, although experts said this was highly unlikely.
2 of the guilty were sentenced to 10 years, the other received 9 years. They will probably only serve half their given time.
It saddens me to think that these 3 will enjoy more comfort in their incarceration than they allowed Kevin in his.
I hope they receive the welcome they deserve when they arrive in their cells.
