Media Release:
3rd November 2008
Tatooed Vermin Should Not Have Been On The Streets
The man who murdered Emma Agnew is a piece of tattooed vermin and should not have been on the streets says the Sensible
Sentencing Trust.
Trust Spokesman Garth McVicar said that Reid was cunning, manipulative and had long since proven he did not give a toss
about human life.
“Reid’s previous history should have not only prevented him from getting a new identity it should also have alerted
probation officials to recall him as soon as he breached his conditions.”
“Liam Reid alias Julian Edgecombe should have been back behind bars long before he murdered Emma Agnew, this appears to
be another classic example of our offender friendly legal process failing – sadly with once again a horrific outcome.”
“Current legislation is far to soft on criminals like Reid and is time New Zealand adopted a ‘three strikes’ law that
would protect the public from career criminals like Reid.
“Reid is nothing but a piece of tattooed vermin disguised as a human-being and sadly there are many more like him – the
ability of the law to protect innocent people from them is totally inadequate – we must have a ‘three-strikes’ law to
protect our women and children.”
McVicar said he will be joining a protest march in Christchurch tomorrow and will be asking all politicians to support
the introduction of a ‘Three-Strikes’ law.
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