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2020-06-19 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Murderer who decapitated teen with an axe and used his head as a bowling ball is deported from Australia

[DailyMail]

Christopher Clark Jones, 36, was sentenced to life in prison for murder in 2005

Found guilty of murdering 17-year-old homeless teenager Morgan Jay Shepherd

Jones and his co-accused James Patrick Roughan stabbed Morgan 133 times

They cut off his head and used it as a bowling ball and a puppet, witnesses said

After serving 15 years in prison Jones was released on Monday and sent to UK

Posted by Skidmark 2020-06-19 07:34|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [44 views ] Top

#1 Surely Australia should keep him?

This sounds like a scandal akin to the Windrush scandal in the UK.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-06-19 07:58|| 2020-06-19 07:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Why not just execute him?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-06-19 08:08|| 2020-06-19 08:08|| Front Page Top

#3 that would be inhumane unlike his crimes

Posted by Chris 2020-06-19 09:27|| 2020-06-19 09:27|| Front Page Top

#4 "After serving 15 years in prison..."

"Life" is short.

Posted by European Conservative 2020-06-19 10:05|| 2020-06-19 10:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Isn't a life sentence in eurineland like about 7 years?

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-06-19 12:34|| 2020-06-19 12:34|| Front Page Top

#6 I think even the Russians got rid of the death penalty. But, yes, I think a life sentence is several months.

Posted by DooDahMan 2020-06-19 13:26|| 2020-06-19 13:26|| Front Page Top

#7 London Calling.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-06-19 19:06|| 2020-06-19 19:06|| Front Page Top

#8 It's true that in Germany a "life sentence can mean parole after 15 years (ridiculous). The kind of murder described here would not qualify. And often "Sicherheitsverwahrung" may be decided.

Posted by European Conservative 2020-06-19 21:07|| 2020-06-19 21:07|| Front Page Top

#9 Feed him to the sharks

Posted by Alaska Paul 2020-06-19 22:38|| 2020-06-19 22:38|| Front Page Top

#10 10 murcek

Posted by Chris 2020-06-19 22:49|| 2020-06-19 22:49|| Front Page Top