Just going to show how mindlessly violent they are, Mercer has attacked and stabbed Fahri in a fight whilst a 3rd convict held Fahri down. The weapon was a pair of tweezers, sharpened to a point and taped up to act as a makeweight shiv. Not that I’m all that bothered – they all deserve whatever they get.

What this does highlight though is that there is no concept of rehabilitation for people like this. They murdered two young people who had done nothing wrong and with Rhys Jones, didn’t even have any contact with the attacker – he was just going home after football practice. They’re violent through and through, and no amount of hand-wringing and social work will make them better people.

Of course, crimes like these are very out of the ordinary, thankfully, and the murderers in both cases were brought to trial and convicted, even though they got vastly reduced sentences compared to what they should have received (i.e. a life sentence). Still, at least they’re locked up for now, and tearing strips out of each other.

Long may it continue.