It makes refreshing change to report someone talking sense on the offensive use of the Human Rights Act. For far too long, criminals have bleated and moaned about their human rights being violated if they suffer the slightest discomfort or inconvenience during the course of their punishment.
Now a West Yorkshire police chief has spoken out about the appalling use of the act by criminals. Detective Chief Superintendent Chris Gregg head of West Yorkshire Police’s Homicide and Major Enquiry Team (HMET) said:
“These criminals have committed such appalling crimes and it is the families of the victims and the bereaved who are left behind and have to suffer the indignity of hearing them claim their human rights have been breached. It is such an appalling situation.”
Mr Gregg has called for the use of the act to be balanced. “We have lost sight of the needs of the victims and the families here. It is deeply offensive when murderers and rapists use it (the Human Rights Act) and look for a loophole to only assist themselves,” he added.
“For hardened criminals to try to use this legislation as protection causes terrible offence to the families of victims who have suffered appalling and cruel deaths at the hands of those who are quick to talk about human rights but were so swift to take away the human rights of others.”
We completely agree. It is time the balance was tipped back in favour of the victims and their families.
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Filed under: Yorkshire | Tagged: Chris Gregg, Human Rights Act, West Yorkshire Police
