I am full of praise for Channel 4 News tonight for its coverage of prisoners issues. All too often they are the forgotten members of the public hidden behind prison walls. Frances Lawrence did not come over too well, in my opinion. She was not truthful when asked why she had not forgiven Mr Chindamo. She claimed she did not know what forgiveness meant. She stated that she had been misled by those in the Criminal Justice System, to the effect, that Mr Chindamo would be deported upon completion of his custodial sentence. In my opinion, I believe that she was being truthful in this respect. Minister of Justice, Jack Straw, admitted that he had been one of those who had misled Mrs Lawrence. However, in his defence, he claimed that he in turn had been misled. When asked who had misled him, Jack Straw, pathetically, claimed that he had been misled by the system. The system is operated by people, only a person could have lied to him, if in deed this is the case. The system could not have misled him. Therefore, he had no excuse for misleading Mrs Lawrence.
Mrs Lawrence, in effect, said that she would commit suicide if Mr Chindamo was not deported. This is moral blackmail. Mrs Lawrence has become The Black Widow. She certainly sucked the likes of Iain Dale into her web of deceit. We have a history of not giving into terrorist's demands or paying out ransom money to kidnappers. When the IRA went on hunger strikes for their political demands the UK let them starve to death. By the same token, if Mrs Lawrence chooses to commit suicide then let her get on with it. She should not be allowed to get her own way by the reversing of the decision not to deport Mr Chindamo. If this did happen, he would have good grounds of appeal.
At least the former Minister on Channel 4 did admit why she could not forgive. It was because of her feelings of anger, hurt and hate. Mrs Lawrence, why don't you take a leaf out of the former Minister's book and start being truthful not only to yourself but also to others? Failing this, perhaps you would consider seeking treatment?
