The Decline of World Order and Society; Do you get a sense that the world is going mad, do you notice physical, political, societal and moral decline, don't worry, you're not going mad, you are just being observant, the world is dying from top to bottom, and the politicians of today are the drivers of its destruction

Dear All 

One of the crimes which is unforgivable is murder, and when that murder happens by someone in a position of trust, it shocks society down to its very core. Every now and again, a murder shocks the nation, and in the past I have blogged on some cases. One of the cases was of Joanna Yeates who was killed by her neighbour in a horrific attack. The hunt for her killer was a national story which I done a few blog posts on. 

http://glasgowunihumanrights.blogspot.com/2011/01/criminal-profiler-dr-gary-macpherson.html 

In my blog, I said the police needed to focus on why Joanna Yeates killed in her flat was moved, and my conclusion was that it was done to shift police focus away from where she was originally killed. It turned out I was correct. At the time, I wrote; 

"You could easily theorise that Jo Yeates was killed by someone she knew as 90% of murders are committed by someone who knows their victim and moved to draw attention away from the flat and surrounding area". 

And I worked this all out sitting in a flat in Glasgow just based on newspaper reports. In his haste, the neighbour who killed her under so much pressure left behind clues, for example, failing to dress her properly and her keys which were found in her flat. The person who killed her was a 32-year-old Dutch national, Vincent Tabak, he was an engineer, but the reality is, anyone can be a killer. He was eventually caught, tried and convicted. As this case attracted so much publicity, he is in the category of prisoner who is so infamous that he will spend the rest of his life behind bars. The wiki entry of this case is something worth reading, and it lists a huge amount of source material in its references. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Joanna_Yeates 

The work done by the police on that case was roundly praised by many, a dangerous killer was caught and taken off the streets. Would Vincent Tabak have killed again, that is hard to say with certainty but certainly you couldn't rule this out. The judge at the time opined that he was satisfied that there was a sexual element to the case, which I would agree with. The murder of this young woman took place back in 2010, and 11 years later looking at the world, it would seem as if little has changed or you could argue things have gotten worse. Today, we read the horror story of a police officer who strangled a young woman called Sarah Everard after he kidnapped her. Wayne Couzens, 48 used his position of authority to commit a fake arrest on Sarah. Now his trial has been completed, his sentence will see him being handed a  whole life order which means he will die in prison. Couzens' trial was conducted at the Old Bailey by Lord Justice Fulford who described the circumstances of the murder as “grotesque”. Fulford also said that the seriousness of the case was so “exceptionally high” that it warranted a whole life order. 

He said:

 “The misuse of a police officer’s role such as occurred in this case in order to kidnap, rape and murder a lone victim is of equal seriousness as a murder for the purpose of advancing a political, religious ideological cause.” 

Couzens’ defence barrister Jim Sturman QC probably knew that there was no way on God's earth his client was going to wlk away from this case a free man. With that in mind he urged the judge to hand Couzens a lengthy life sentence,  in the hope that he would be eligible for parole in his 80s. I suppose the question is after spending 30 plus years in prison, assuming he lives to that age, what life would be have left to enjoy? 

Mr Sturman said: 

“The defendant was invited to look at the Everards. He could not, I am told. He is ashamed. What he has done is terrible. He deserves a very lengthy finite term, but he did all he could after he was arrested to minimise the wicked harm that he did.” 

If you look at his story/ defence which looked pretty weak which was basically he was 'forced' by a gang to do it, you can see why he changed his mind to cooperate. He was caught, he knew he was guilty, and he hoped to minimise his sentence when he was found guilty, and he was going to be found guilty due to there being too much evidence. Maybe he thought he was going to get 15 to 20, and possibly parole after 12 years. I am not sure what his plan was but the outcome surely couldn't have been in his preferred options. The killing, the circumstances of the murder of Sarah Everard were truly tragic, and the sentence reflects this, the 33-year-old marketing executive should never have been killed, but in life you will meet some wicked people. Sarah Everard was kidnapped, raped and murdered. Wayne Couzens wasn't just a run of the mill beat police officer, he was a highly trained firearms officer who provided armed protection at the American Embassy. In policing terms that appointment must be regarded as very high profile, the type of posting which can enhance someone's career. 

Finally, many people on social media say they get a sense that the world is going mad. I would say that beam should be more narrowed. There is a decline happening in Western society, it has been going on for some considerable time. Where and when is that decline going to halt. I read about the US afghan withdrawal which the Americans deserted the people of Afghanistan in their time of need. I see documentaries about people talking about 'War with China', I see media manufactured stories causing panic buying of food and fuel in this country, I watch countless videos of Drs and others who flag up the injuries from people who have taken the covid vaccines. I watch the brutality of governments in Canada and Australia on their own people. I see elected an Mayor in America saying that people should be forced to take the vaccine. I see people talking about ignoring the requirement for informed consent for medical procedures. I see the rich and powerful elite trying to shutdown not just free speech but also people's right to access it at so many levels. All around us there is social, economic and moral decline caused by a political class which operates on divide and conquer, not of a foreign enemy but of its own people. And the President of the United States is mentally impaired, I don't know what the technical name of his illness is, but he shouldn't be President, and he is a danger to the free world.

There is going to be a future, the question is, will it be a future in the light, or a future in the dark?  

Yours sincerely 

George Laird                                                                                                                                The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University