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Community => Religion and Philosophy => Topic started by: gyeonghwa on March 01, 2012, 12:31:53 pm
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17040111
A couple have been found guilty of murdering a teenager they had accused of using witchcraft.
Eric Bikubi, 28, and Magalie Bamu, aged 29, from Newham, east London, had denied killing Bamu's 15-year-old brother Kristy.
Kristy drowned in a bath on Christmas Day in 2010, during torture to produce exorcism, an Old Bailey jury heard.
Bikubi had admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, but the prosecution rejected his plea.
The pair, who are both originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, were remanded in custody and are due to be sentenced on Monday.
Kristy died in unimaginable circumstances at the hands of people who he loved and trusted”
Kristy Bamu's family
The family of the murdered teenager said they had "forgiven" his killers.
What I find abhorrent is the idea you can just accuse someone of witchcraft like nothing and they get killed. Not to mention that I know plenty of people who would be labeled "witches". On the other hand, the use of witches has been use to justify religious based violence for a long time and perhaps to these people their religion thought it was "okay" to torture people like that.
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I expected these people to be in Africa where this is sorta prevalent. Not in a First World Country like England.
Ironbite-throw these fuckers in jail for the rest of their lives.
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Excuse me while I go punch my screen...
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Don't do that.
Ironbite-punch these idiots instead.
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I'm just thankful the fuckers were convicted. Way too many people get away with religiously motivated murder.
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I'm just thankful the fuckers were convicted. Way too many people get away with religiously motivated murder.
Damn niggers, don't they know only white Christians people can get away with religious murder. /fundie
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SO MUCH ANGRY
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Sigh...
I'm not really mad at this. Just tired and disappointed.
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*sighs* If only necromancy were real...true justice. Death by zombie of their victim(s).
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*sighs* If only necromancy were real...true justice. Death by zombie of their victim(s).
death by zombie sounds like a great punishment as long as im there to video record it so i can post it on youtube. 8)
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Fuck that, put that shit on Pay-Per-View, and use the proceeds to fund education or some other worthy cause.
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Just as long as you know the spells to put the zombie back down again, I'm fine with it.
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Reading that just makes me want to hit something. it's sad that there are people that still believe in fucking magic.
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At least it wasn't a case of a child sacrificed for a ritual this time.
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^^ That's kind of a depressing "At least"...
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These sorts of killings seem to happen once a year or so in London. Or at least it feels that way.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17040111
A couple have been found guilty of murdering a teenager they had accused of using witchcraft.
Eric Bikubi, 28, and Magalie Bamu, aged 29, from Newham, east London, had denied killing Bamu's 15-year-old brother Kristy.
Kristy drowned in a bath on Christmas Day in 2010, during torture to produce exorcism, an Old Bailey jury heard.
Bikubi had admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, but the prosecution rejected his plea.
The pair, who are both originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, were remanded in custody and are due to be sentenced on Monday.
Kristy died in unimaginable circumstances at the hands of people who he loved and trusted”
Kristy Bamu's family
The family of the murdered teenager said they had "forgiven" his killers.
What I find abhorrent is the idea you can just accuse someone of witchcraft like nothing and they get killed. Not to mention that I know plenty of people who would be labeled "witches". On the other hand, the use of witches has been use to justify religious based violence for a long time and perhaps to these people their religion thought it was "okay" to torture people like that.
(http://i.imgur.com/ExZNm.gif)
And they say Pagans are horrible...