| # | Name | Comments |
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| 1 | karen | Please do not reduce their sentences. they deserve to serve longer for what they done |
| 2 | Carol & Gavin | Life should mean life |
| 3 | Graham Exell | |
| 4 | keagan exell | |
| 5 | delphine | |
| 6 | Anonymous | we do not want these boys to get any time off .they need to ROT in the cells. we got a life sentence we wont get maryann back we have a life of sadness now . NO TO THE APPEAL |
| 7 | Donna | |
| 8 | Anonymous | |
| 9 | Anonymous | i can't see any grounds for a successful appeal but i add my name regardless, just in case. The sentences were correct and justified in my opinion. If they are NOT fair sentences, just exactly what does a person have to do to deserve such terms? |
| 10 | Anonymous | This is disgraceful |
| 11 | Julie Howes | They took a life and life is so precious. They should simply hang their heads in shame and take their punishment as men - not kneeling cowards grovelling for less time. |
| 12 | emma pearson | I lived in Reading at the time of the murder and never has anything disgusted me this much, i went to the same school as maryann and she was a popular girl , These men had planned this ordeal down to everything, and planned to kill both girls not just mary, they do not deserve to appeal at ALL! |
| 13 | Carolanne Elrick | the courts are a joke now!! this story makes me feel sick to the stomach at the thought they courts think its ok to let men do this. then giving them a slap on the hands! would it be the same if it was a daughter of theirs!! |
| 14 | Anonymous | |
| 15 | Siab Kelly | i cant believe that the appeal courts would even consider this.. i hope they come to their senses very soon.. evil that these men are does not go away. DO NOT LET THEM REDUCE THE SENTENCE! |
| 16 | Sam | Glad that they were caught but shame that they have not been through the pain that the familys and both girls went through and are still going through! |
| 17 | Danielle | These sick monster's should never be allowed to see the light of day after what they did to Maryann. I can only give my deepest codolences to Maryann's family. |
| 18 | maryann NAN | please please dont let them out .i miss my grandaughter so much .its very hard for all the family .we will never be the same again. |
| 19 | maryann NAN | please please dont let them out .i miss my grandaughter so much .its very hard for all the family .we will never be the same again. |
| 20 | brian | these boys dont deserve to appeal. hanging would not be good enough |
| 21 | GG | im so sorry this happened. i was attacked by a man who attempted to rape me but was saved by a policeman and his partner who happen to hear my screams coming from my apt. they followed the sound and broke the door downand caught the man in the act of assaulting me and attempting to tear my clothes off. he somehow broke loose from the police and proceeded to attack me in thier presence... choking me, and carrying me out on the balcony where he started to throw me over the side when the police, whose nose he broke got to me just in time and saved me. I am a fortunate one that survived, but i live in horror each day of my life from the traumatizing event - while just recently (5 yrs after the attack) A man began to follow me... then started to chase me in the gated community where i now live- running from him i was flooded with fear of what he was going to do if he caught me, and i was terrified- with flashbacks of the prior attack from a different person. I finally approached my house but was scared to let him see where i lived but knew if i kept running and passed my house he wouldve caught me, i was already running out of breath and exhausted from running for dear life and decided to let him see where i lived and ran inside my house locking the door behind me and collapsing to the ground in the entrance hall where i lay out of breath and my heart pounding with fear right out of my chest. in tears and trembling i looked down the hall and into the living room and panicked when i noticed the livingroom window wide open with the blinds drawn up with a direct view and unobscured entrance right into my house. i crawled on my hands and knees into the living room hoping to god he wouldnt see me and prayed to god he didnt come thru that window, as i stood up to hurry and close the window and blinds there he stood- outside the window peering in - which scared the living hell out of me and i jumped and screamed for him to go away - that i called the police, and he took off. ...However... i lived once again in fear..knowing this man knew where i lived and would he ever come back and when? my instinct told me he would, and on that gut feeling i was terrified to stay there and so i moved. not very far though, just 3 streets down but at least he wouldnt know where my house was anymore... or would he? ... i began moving out and all my stuff was in the new house , alls that was left were some boxes stored in the garage - but i was out of there- i just had that last load ... while sorting through items in the garage i came accross what appeared to be a handgun... im dont like guns and im afraid of them so i didnt want to pick it up incase it went off... instead, i had my neighbor check it out, and i cringed and crouched down behind the wash machine incase there was a bullet stuck in the chamber and dislodged. my neigbor confirmed the gun was not loaded , and it was infact jammed up... broken and kinda slid it accross the garage stopping when it reached the wall where it stayed... he then helped me lift a heavy box into my vehicle and then headed back over to his place. right as i am gathering up the last of my belongings and putting them in my vehicle i happen to look up , and accross the street in his truck was sitting the man- watching me- the man i had ran from and got away- was back. just watching me. i totally freaked, and the first thought that entered my head was ... did he see where i moved to.. had he been watching long enough to follow me to my new house? and if he now knows where i live- i just defeated the purpose for moving in the first place. my next thought was, is he gonna torment me in my new house... will i always be looking over my shoulder wondering if hes waiting for me to come home...either outside my house...or worse...inside? i couldnt bear the thought of this happening, and knew i had to do something to get him to leave me alone, i had to put a stop to this or i would forever be victimized until eventually even killed... so i reacted on a whim, and even though i hate guns, fear them, and feel as though a gun is loaded even if its not, i never held a gun before in my life, but on this day that would all change... i rememberd my neighbor kicking that broken gun accross the garage, and i went and grabbed it... not by the handle though... i picked it up by the barrell - still with the fear it may be loaded... and i walked down my driveway with it to the end of the curb and held it up to him (he's accross the street about 40 feet) and showed it to him and said, "you see this? If you come any where near ME or my house...EVER, I will shoot you." i thought maybe if he thought i was armed he wouldnt mess with me and just go away... but he didnt... he jumped out of his vehicle and stormed towards me with the most terrorizing look on his face and came right up and grabbed the gun right out of my hand and then also grabbed my purse(tote bag) which was over my shoulder and just yanked it right off my shoulder.. jumped in his truck and took off... i ran to my neighbors screaming and crying shouting, call the police! call the police! " i was so terrified and in a complete state of panic i couldnt even talk... the minute the police car pulled up i ran out the house wailing my arms about to get his attention in complete hysterics... with the cop telling me to calm down, and explain the problem, i broke down and began to hyperventilate... i was somehow able to manage to get it out, and remarkably rattled off the license plate to the truck he drove off in... and miracullously the police located this man just minutes later with the gun in his possession, as well as my hand bag. They brought me my handbag and asked me to describe all the details of what had just occured... and so, as a breathed slowly and tried to calm down i articulated exactly what had happened ... beginning with the night he had initially chased me... my faith was in these officers now, to protect me... to do something about this guy...at least restrain him from the private property i live in... but to my dismay, after i recounted the chain of events... i was read my rights , cuffed and taken into custody and charged with aggreavated assault with a deadly weapon... i sat in jail for 30 days until coming up with the 25,000 bond to get released... where i am now going to trial ... where if convicted face up to 11 years in prison because i have a 10 year old class 6 felony for having 2 prescription pain pills (tylenol codeiene) which my friend who had back surgery gave to me (in the prescription bottle with her name on it) when i was in excrucizting pain for an impacted wisdom tooth. whats worse is i managed to find out the name of this so called victim and dug up his criminal record where he has numerous arrests for disorderly conduct, criminal damage, resisting arrest, and agg assault to a female police officer... in the reposrt the prosecutor denies bail staing , he belives the defendant will offend again with violence and that the community wouldnt be safe if he were released. armed with this knowledge.. they still choose to ignore this and continue to prosecute me.- A nurse of 17 yrs with no prior history other than the pain pills and a few traffic violations. I am appauled at the system and feel they are charging the wrong person. if i am sent to prison and he is left to be free and roam the streets .. someone is going to get killed , that someone can be anyone... your daughter lost her life becuz the system failed the citizens in the community by letting not just one , but FOUR convicted offenders run the streets unsupervised, to the point where an innocent child lost her life. those responsible for your daughters death shouldnt have been given such leniency by the law that they actually were able to find enough unsupervised time to conduct this unGODFUL act. and this guy runnin free righ now in my neighborhood reminds me of one of those - all of those guys who participated in such dispicable acts... he could very well be one of those guys and some poor innocent girl, child, daughter, neice, friend, neighbor, even me... can be killed just the same. I worry about the system and how justice is not given to the appropriate parties. I now suffer from severe post tramatic stress disorder and am always looking over my shoulder or jump and startle when i hear a noise in the house... its no way to live , but i should be grateful i am still living... your daughter wasnt as fortunate and i am truely sorry for that... but i wonder if life is any easier for one - to have to live in anticipation of being killed.. in no way do i imply that death beats this way of life.. but the al;ternative isnt appealing and i almost wish i could trade places with your daughter and take her place... and let her have her life in leiu of mine , then we'd you and i both would have peace of mind. I STRONGLY CONTEST THE APPEAL OR REDUCED SENTENCE OR ANY PAROLL RELEASE EVER FOR THESE CONVICTED #@^%&$$#!!! 's Let them rot in prison where they belong, and dont you dare let them out until its time to bury THEIR asses! now THAT would be Justice Served. God Bless you Mum.. and Mary Ann ... May Peace and the Love of God Be with you Always. I will always empathize with you and have your best interests at heart. Love always... GG |
| 22 | Abbie Groombrige | |
| 23 | des goddard | after finding maryann,s friend the way that i did and listening to the horrendous pain that they both went through life should be life desmond goddard |
| 24 | Anonymous | i cant believe anyone would be sick enough to commit such a hideous crime and over what? PATHETIC!, it makes me really upset to think what poor mary ann went through and her friend.those evil bastards should be hanged,i hope they're getting treated like scum in jail and should never be released for as long as they live. my sympathies with her family.
god bless youx |
| 25 | Anonymous | No way do they deserve to get out earlier, how can it ven be considered - DO NOT LET IT HAPPEN AND KEEPS THESE @RSEWIPES OFF THE STREET |
| 26 | Anonymous | they deserve to rot in jail and thats to good for them |
| 27 | Anonymous | Let the scum rot inside forever. Criminals don't deserve human rights. |
| 28 | Anonymous | I want my children when I have them to be safe please don't let them out. |
| 29 | joanna carter | i want to sign this petition because what they did to that poor girl was wrong and she never deserved it
i strongly believe that they should pay for what they have done and never be released from prison and i hope they rot in hell |
| 30 | Anonymous | |
| 31 | Cindy Walton | |
| 32 | Anonymous | What those evil animals did is beyond comprehension.
Hearing about the terrible crime on the news and reading about it in the papers has had a lasting depressing effect on me and I am nothing to do with the girl.
God only knows how her parents and family live from day to day.
How those disgusting creatures can even consider appealing or continuing with their worthless existences after what they have done terrifies me.
They should never ever be allowed near the public again, to carry out such an atrocity they must be devoid of any element that makes you a human being.
How can they claim rights when they abused the rights of two girls in such an abhorrent merciless way is beyond me. It sickens me. |
| 33 | claire | they shouldnt be able to do this,its appauling |
| 34 | Jenny Shenton | |
| 35 | Valerie Poyner | |
| 36 | Anonymous | Appeal for a reduced sentence?? They should be lucky they didn't end up in the electric chair! It's high time the death penalty was brought back. I just do not feel safe in this country anymore. |
| 37 | Anonymous | These men don't deserve to be heard. |
| 38 | Anonymous | I agree - in this case they ALL deserve life. Not one of these men decided to stop the murder happening. |
| 39 | Rebecca Jewitt | |
| 40 | Anonymous | Oh my god!! How can they or their lawyers even think about an appeal after what they have done. It's disgusting. They must never be allowed out for justice to be done. |
| 41 | harriet harvey | i think those men are sick .they deserve to die in prison and never come out . |
| 42 | Michelle Brannan | |
| 43 | des goddard | a life sentance for a life taken |
| 44 | Anonymous | What is there to appeal? Taking responsibility for your disgraceful actions means prison for a very long time. Don't try and worm out of it, the outside civilised world doesn't want you. You are where you belong. End of. Now get on with it - you bunch of slimey cowards. |
| 45 | Felicity Sangster | Life should mean life. Why should they get the chance to appeal or have their sentences cut short when they cut short an innocent girls life. |
| 46 | Anonymous | lock them up forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rest in peace!!!!!!!!!!!!
x x |
| 47 | Natasha Cullen | Life should mean life! |
| 48 | Anonymous | they have gotten off lightly so far. they should be given the same treatment they gave her and then rot in hell. |
| 49 | sian | these animals should never be released, maryanns sentence is for life and so should theirs be without consideration for parole. rot in hell!!! |
| 50 | Anonymous | |