What Sort of Society Have We Become When a Good Samaritan Is Kicked to Death and a Suicidal Man Jeered by a Mob?
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WHILE the world's financial system has been imploding, and the Tories have been making as much noise as they can at their conference in Birmingham, my mind has been haunted by an altogether different story: the murder of Frank McGarahan, a 45-year-old banker, in the centre of Norwich in the early hours of last Sunday morning.
Mr McGarahan was queuing for a taxi with his brother in the city centre when he saw a homeless Lithuanian man and his girlfriend being attacked by a gang of hoodlums. He stepped forward to remonstrate, and was himself savagely assaulted. They virtually kicked him to death.See the full content of this document
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What Sort of Society Have We Become When a Good Samaritan Is Kicked to Death and a Suicidal Man Jeered by a Mob?
He died in Addenbrooke's hospital in Cambridge the following day, having apparently suffered a massive heart attack.
Three men have been questioned by police, and two remain in custody.Like everyone else, I have been wondering how I would have behaved in these circumstances.Would I have stepped forward? Would you? One can imagine hi...See the full content of this document
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