In a case perfectly appropriate for Parents Behaving Badly, a British couple accused of killing the parents of their daughter's "bully" are going to jail.
Natalie
Connor and Lucy Cochrane, two teens, met at school and then—big
surprise!—had a falling out. Natalie accused Lucy of bullying her and
so she and her parents resolved the problem using the only resource
available to them: White Trash Justice. The Connors (photo) carried out
an 18-month campaign of harrassment against Lucy and her parents
culminating with Michael and Jane Connor hatching a plot to pour
gasoline through the mailslot of the Cochrane's house and setting the
house ablaze. The fire killed the Cochranes and injured Lucy.
Michael
and Jane Connor, referred to as "evil scum," came up with their
brilliant plan while drunk. It seems that Jane could convince Michael
to do anything as long as she plied him with drink, including pouring
£3-worth of gas into the mailslot of the Cochrane's home. Looking at
their photos, I'll bet cash money that arson and murder aren't the only
things Michael was coerced to do for Jane while shit-faced.
These
two simpletons will be sentenced later this month and will be going to
prison for a good long time. I'm sure they'll spend their years
wondering how the hell they were found out. That's the thing about
White Trash Justice—it usually doesn't quite work out as planned.
[photo credit: BBC.com]
