More London violence.

VincentHanna · 13 Nov 2018 at 15:46

Yeah, jilted husbands have never horrifically murdered their ex wives here before....

Avenged7Fold · 13 Nov 2018 at 15:50

Unrelated to the OP story but i have to ask, why are crossbows even legal to own in the UK?

For what purpose, just to fire at targets in your garden and show your chavy mates or what?

VincentHanna · 13 Nov 2018 at 15:53

Always wondered that myself.

You can walk in to Decathlon (or you could a few years ago) and buy a crossbow and metal bolts.

Semple · 13 Nov 2018 at 15:59

Shocking story.

I just read that he went to put a box in the shed and the murderer was hiding in there. Jumped out and ran into the house with a loaded crossbolt.

That's going to do some psychological harm to think that perhaps you could have done something to have stopped him getting into the house.

Avenged7Fold · 13 Nov 2018 at 16:00

Semple said:
That's going to do some psychological harm to think that perhaps you could have done something to have stopped him getting into the house.

Not just that but at the very least think that the bolt was meant for you and not your wife. A sad story

CREATIVE!11 · 13 Nov 2018 at 16:01

VincentHanna said:
Always wondered that myself.

You can walk in to Decathlon (or you could a few years ago) and buy a crossbow and metal bolts.

Really?

This is news to me.... looks like a new purchase is on the cards.

VincentHanna · 13 Nov 2018 at 16:02

Well I checked the website and couldn't find one.

But I remember being over at Lakeside within the past 5 years and pickone one up off the shelf and saying to my other half "How on earth are these legal?"

rebel rebel · 13 Nov 2018 at 16:04

They sell spearguns there. :eek:

CREATIVE!11 · 13 Nov 2018 at 16:14

Indeed it is legal to own a crossbow... they can be pretty expensive though damn.... you just aren't allowed to carry them in public / hunt with them.

Wouldn't mind giving one a go at a target range or something.

Semple · 13 Nov 2018 at 16:15

VincentHanna said:
Well I checked the website and couldn't find one.

But I remember being over at Lakeside within the past 5 years and pickone one up off the shelf and saying to my other half "How on earth are these legal?"

I think you can usually pick up these types of things at local market type places - where the kids used to pick up BB guns and laser pens.

Avenged7Fold · 13 Nov 2018 at 16:16

Sounds like a 15 minute novelty and a 15 year attic inhabiting dust collector sort of thing.

Efour · 13 Nov 2018 at 16:20

Crossbow? He could do the same with a Poundland kitchen knife.

Fake news.

Ayahuasca · 13 Nov 2018 at 16:22

I've hunted with a crossbow before and it's extremely satisfying, swift and clean.

h4rm0ny · 13 Nov 2018 at 16:52

Avenged7Fold said:
Unrelated to the OP story but i have to ask, why are crossbows even legal to own in the UK?

For the same reason "ninja" weapons aren't. It's media headlines. Did you read the dangerous weapons consultation that went round last year? Morningstar legal. Japanese chain weapon, not legal.

Sword with a straight-edge, legal. Sword with a curved edge (katana), not legal. You can buy a sword legally right now if it's hand-made (I know someone with one) but the same sword mass-produced would be illegal. Fun-fact: The cartoon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was renamed to "Hero" Turtles in the UK and in the movie the censors cut a scene where the orange turtle swings around a string of sausages like nunchucks. British Politicians have a real "corrupting the youth" panic mindset. 70% of UK weapons legislation is based in this mindset. If crossbows were called Crossbuko and kids thought they were cool, they'd be banned tomorrow.

The pope tried to ban them once, too (not this one) to prevent the end of the world.

MikeTheNative · 13 Nov 2018 at 16:58

200sols said:
The sort of horrific stuff that we used to read about in other countries is slowly becoming more common here.

Always been common here. You just didn't hear about it before.

frisbie · 15 Nov 2018 at 20:45

It's awful that knife crime is so bad. The only small consolation is that most of it involves gangs who are willing participants. where it is a tragedy is when innocent people are hurt.

StriderX · 15 Nov 2018 at 22:06

frisbie said:
It's awful that knife crime is so bad. The only small consolation is that most of it involves gangs who are willing participants. where it is a tragedy is when innocent people are hurt.

These kids were innocent once as well... It's easy from an outside perspective to call it willing, when you've not seen/ignored the context in which someone would gravitate towards these gangs in the first place.

IronWarrior · 15 Nov 2018 at 23:16

Honour killing for sure, she shared the same name as her killer before she got married.

The real question is if the Husband was part of it?

The story sounds a little "iffy" to me, he found this guy in the shed, he ran instead of closing the door and trapping him inside and when he got inside the house, he didn't close the door on him and all the while, somehow his wife got shot by a crossbow? You think... he be standing front of his wife, protecting her, especially in a small house they have.

rebel rebel · 15 Nov 2018 at 23:26

IronWarrior said:
Honour killing for sure, she shared the same name as her killer before she got married.

The real question is if the Husband was part of it?

It was the woman's ex husband.

Not sure the current husband is part of it, she was carrying his baby.

VincentHanna · 15 Nov 2018 at 23:43

When IronWarror says: "for sure", he means not at all.