A very disturbing news report has described a vicious attack upon a baby boy in a park in Brisbane yesterday (27 August).
A mother was with her baby boy in a pram, and was talking with a friend who was a nurse.
A man – some random person – came up from behind them and poured hot coffee over the baby.
The baby’s face and chest were scalded.
Fortunately, the nurse was able to pour (cold) water over the baby, in the hope that the burns would not be permanent.
The baby was then taken to hospital.
How could somebody – anybody – possibly do such a thing – and to a baby?
Even if the perpetrator has mental health issues, there should be provision for a criminally insane person to be secluded from society for a suitable length of time.
It is essential that people who commit such horrific acts should know that there will be appropriate consequences in response to what they do.
But, sadly, this does not seem to be the case.
Offenders are given bail: multiple times.
They thumb their noses at the judicial system and carry on offending.
A society has reached a very sad and dangerous pass when the rights of criminals are considered to be greater than the rights and safety of their victims.
This state of affairs would probably change if magistrates who refuse to impose appropriate sentencing were held legally liable to some extent for what the criminals they do not adequately deal with then go on to do.
– John Hermann
Gympie
