News reports from the book:
Shocking Death
An old age pensioner,
80, was robbed and badly beaten in her ground floor warden-controlled flat.
Mrs. Dorothy Monk was declared dead on arrival at the Queen Alexandra Hospital.– The Alverbank Chronicle
‘Justice denied’
Mr. Terry Pryce, 19,
charged with manslaughter, was acquitted today. Mrs. Michelle Boynton, 38, the
widow of the man Pryce was accused of killing, broke down when she heard the
verdict.
Last June Mr. Geoff
Boynton, 42, objected to Pryce damaging his garden fence with a screwdriver.
Pryce allegedly became abusive and stabbed Mr. Boynton in the chest five times.
Mrs. Boynton beat off Pryce with a garden rake and later identified him.
After today’s verdict,
Mrs. Boynton’s solicitor stated that they would “consider a civil action or
other alternatives to get justice”.
– The Alverbank Chronicle
Youth Let Off
Judge
Wallside dismissed the case against Steven Campion, 17, charged with sexually
assaulting his neighbour’s
six-year-old girl. “I understand that while you babysat, the girl was
provocative in her nightdress,” the judge said.
The parents of the
child intend to appeal.
A Child Protection
Agency spokeswoman said, “This sends out entirely the wrong signals. The
judge’s comments were wholly inappropriate.”
– The Alverbank
ChronicleEmbezzler Jailed
Keith Stewart, 43, a computer analyst-programmer at HBT Inc, Southampton, admitted embezzling £40,000 from the company. He was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
– The Alverbank Chronicle
Rape Hoaxer Guilty
Bethany Harmon, 26, was today found guilty of blackmail. She made a practice of obtaining lifts from lone men and, once in the car, she cried rape unless the driver paid up. Judge Franks said, “Your actions are wantonly despicable and I have no option but to set an example of you.” She was given a prison sentence of 15 years.
– The Alverbank Chronicle
Vandals Blamed For Heart Attack
Mr. Fred Testcombe,
71, died of a heart attack yesterday when he discovered his allotment had been
vandalised. His wife, Doris, has been inconsolable. Their neighbour, Mrs.
Bessie Evans, 62, of Hardy Close, said that Mr. Testcombe “considered the
allotment his pride and joy. He took up gardening for therapy reasons after a
bad heart attack some years ago. It’s been a terrible shock to Doris. Whoever
did this ought to be horse-whipped.” – The Alverbank Chronicle.
The Vigilante – Right Or Wrong?
The vigilante is not new in this country. They were around long before Robin Hood. We know why people turn to vigilantism: they see their world falling prey to anarchy; they feel the establishment cannot hold back the tide of evil. The forces of law and order will say that people cannot take the law into their own hands, for that way truly lies anarchy. Yet those who espouse the vigilante’s cause might argue that since the law enforcers are incapable of applying the law sensibly, then someone else must do it.
But what drives this
latest manifestation? What motivates The Black Knight? Has he suffered the
tragic death of his parents at the hands of some criminal, some drunken driver?
Perhaps he is consciously using a similar trademark name to those gaudy
characters featured in violent American comics. Yet the pleasant south-coast
town of Alverbank is no Gotham, surely?
Whatever his reasons
for taking on this guise, he is intriguing. We are going to hear a great deal
more from him.
A police spokesperson,
who wishes to remain anonymous, states that the criminal fraternity is anxious
about this vigilante. They want him caught, “before he kills somebody.” Me, I
hope he stays loose, to instil fear in those black uncaring hearts!
– The Alverbank
Chronicle Comment
Sudden
Vengeance is published by Crooked Cat Publishing tomorrow,
20 May 2014
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