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CONVICTED CHILD killer Robert Black has been sentenced to serve a minimum of 25 years in prison for the abduction and murder of Co Antrim schoolgirl Jennifer Cardy.
Cardy, 9, went missing while cycling to a friend’s house in 1981 from her home in Ballinderry. Her body was found six days later, UTV reports.
Sixty-four-year-old Black, who was working as a delivery driver in the area at the time of Cardy’s disappearance, was convicted of her murder in late October. The court heard that the young girl was abducted and sexually abused before she was killed.
The BBC reports that Black has been sentenced to serve a minimum 25-year sentence for Cardy’s death.
It also reports that he is currently serving life in prison for the murders of three other children in the 1980s: Susan Maxwell, 11, from the Scottish border town of Cornhill-on-Tweed; Caroline Hogg, 5, from Edinburgh; and Sarah Harper, 10, from Morley, England.
The Yorkshire Post reports that Black is also suspected of involvement in the disappearance of a 13-year-old girl from Aylesbeare in Devon who went missing while running her newspaper delivery round in 1978.
Cardy’s family was in court today for the sentencing.
Speaking after the trial in October, her parents said they would never find closure over the loss of their child, but were relieved that the “perpetrator of this gruesome, horrible crime” was brought to justice:
(Video via ITVNews)
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I know what all the do gooders will say but…… Bring back the death penalty
Sean I agree with you .
only 25 years?
Evil Creep
Glad justice was done however feel author could have referred to the little girl as Jennifer and not Cardy? Very impersonal
I agree with you Glenda.! It’s usually the suspected or condemned who’s first name is not used.. First thing I noticed.. Not good journalism.! Hang him high.!!!
He should be hung…and that little girls parents given the option to open the gallows…rot in hell indeed!
I would consider my self a liberal left wing type of guy but for some crimes, such a this, there can be only one punishment. A quick death.
not necessarily a quick one either
We are not monsters like him.
When a human has a cancerous lump we remove it quickly and as painlessly as possible. Child murderers and molesters are a cancer on society so these cancers should be surgically removed too. Taking pleasure in death makes us as bad as them.
a truly evil man
Vile
Just imagine the amount of money its going to cost to keep this disgusting piece of c***p alive?
In Jail he will have to be kept separate from other prisoners because he will be under threat of death…the system has to protect his like, how sick is that?
Maybe he should be put into a room full of parents to see how long he lasts?
He shows no remorse apparently, the family of Jennifer Cardy said that if he showed remorse and asked for forgiveness, they would give it. They are truly generous.
Should never be out again!!!
Read the details of this crime & was seriously disturbed. What he subjected these girls to was horrific – the police worked tirelessly until they could link him to this crime – I think they had to sift through over 200,000 fuel receipts to prove he was in the area when the crime was committed ! I think the death penalty would end his suffering so I think life in prison is better !
Totally agree but not in the luxury we afford his like. It seems criminal to allow him any luxuries, prision for him should be traumatic and painful…take away any sensory stimulation, it would be pretty horrific, a quick death would be too good for him.
prision for him should be traumatic and painful….. I agree Jeffery but some of the do gooders would argue that Jail is the punishment and not for punishment. His loss of freedom etc is puniashment…. I actually agree that these guys and this man in particular should be deprived all sensory stimulation. This is what made Alcatraz so terrifying for the gangsters of old . The boredom, the silence and the strict adherence to routine broke these fcukers
he is a sick vile pervert and not fit to live amoung us…he should be put to death and quickly remove the threat of someone like…
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