I’m not making excuses. @beatrix said that it gives all mentally ill people a bad name, & I was just agreeing that not all mentally ill people would do that.
But how do you define evil? Are they born evil? There has to be something wrong with them,& I was just giving an example, not letting them off the hook by any means. You will see from my previous reply that I agreed the book should be thrown at them.
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I get what you mean with regards to your first statement. That you were only trying to make sense of the entire situation.
There is no excuse for what the mother allowed her children to do. I’m strong believer that, while behaviour is learnt, you can break out of a vicious cycle; if you are given the means and support to. I simply don’t understand what would drive a person to do such a thing.
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I don’t see the point of speculating on the motives of the alleged killers. The motives and actions should be revealed at the upcoming trial. Indeed the case is surely sub-judice so we should be careful of not making prejudicial remarks.
Patience please. The victim’s family is surely going through enough already
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@StuartG makes a few great points particularly around avoiding speculation.
If we end up with more noise than news, it might be time for this thread to close down.
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Gosh, that is devastating. 
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