Every householder's nightmare became a reality for the Monckton family. What followed was an appalling episode of violence. |
He had booked a ticket to fly from Manchester to Amsterdam in preparation for an onward flight to the United States on which the explosive device would be initiated, |
He no doubt on occasions had to fulfil his role as a leader and if one of his friends had been humiliated and beaten, he had to step in to support and avenge, |
He survived that only to die in this. |
In the course of the attack she shouted out to her husband `I am bleeding', |
It was random, indiscriminate violence for what can only have been pleasure. |
That he was present we suggest is beyond doubt. |
The lives of the six defendants held such little interest that they set out on a plan to use violence for its own sake. |
This case is about humiliation, revenge and execution, |
We suggest that Gonzalez is a psychopath who killed because of the callous, cold person that he is. He wanted to kill for his own personal pleasure. |
Weapons were not carried and were hardly necessary when you had such an advantage in numbers. The violence took the form of beatings, kicks and stamping. |
When the robbers left she came downstairs, |