To feel so very sorry for Hans rowsling

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and think he should not be sent to jail.

thats it really, I can empathise and sympathise with him and not sure a jail scentance is going to make any difference to the supposed crime or his rehabilitation.

Im pretty sure he has suffered enough.

"Why waste a jail space on someone who poses no threat to the outside world?"

He was arrested for driving erratically-could be a danger to someone.

Agree, Imperial. And they also appear to have had a happy marriage, given their circumstances.

I think it's incredibly sad and I feel sorry for him and their families too. He is clearly suffered a lot and will continue to suffer for the rest of his life. I don't think he should be punished further, he needs help and treatment.

More and more I tend to think with various things in life 'if you haven't been there yourself you can't possibly know what it's like so don't judge people too harshly'.

diddl I knew someone would say that. True but he's better off not having a car/access to one.

And Imperial, I know someone who worked for her many years ago and said the same.

My husband doesn't take drugs Olympia, he's in for other reasons. I assume you are talking about Mr. Rausing and not my dh, or do you think my dh shouldn't go out too?
Interestingly, drugs are far more readily available in a mental health unit and in prisons than they are on the street. So, going shopping is probably an escape.
Apart from which, drug testing is routinely used after shopping trips, so it would be pointless.
He didn't kill his wife, he is ill. He can't help the fact that he comes from an incredibly rich family. Cut the guy some slack.

YABU

With his billions he could have had a good lifestyle but he chose drugs.

The pair of them failed to provide a stable family home for their children.

Their lifestyle was an act of sheer selfishness.

I have no sympathy whatsover for them - only sympathy for the children.

Dawn this thread is about rausing . Pressume your DH hadn't broken the law ??

No he hasn't broken the law. I was pointing out that your statement seemed a blanket statement about people in mental health units being allowed out.

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They did apparently provide a stable home for their children. As for the drugs, I'm so bored with the 'they chose' attitude, I sincerely hope it doesn't happen to a family member of someone with this sort of attitude. It's horrid.

Nobody forced them to become druggies - they did chose that lifestyle, like it or not.
Yes their children did get a stable home - just one that didn't include their parents.

Stop being an apologist for these people.

It's the kids I feel really sorry for in all this ... Not some drug addled rich man.

YANBU OP.

I feel really sorry for their 4 children. The youngest is just 11 and the oldest 17. So young enough to really need their parents and old enough to read everything in the press. I am sure that while they have been cared for by boarding schools and the very best of everything, the must have known things were really bad with their parents. And they now have to grow up and live with the fact that daddy let mummy rot in our home for two months after ODing because he was off his head on drugs

That's awful and tragic for them.

Tbh, I feel this story is not really any of our business. Had they been poorer drug addicts, this would have probably made the local paper and that's it. I'm not sure who benefits from it being so public.

Goth is right, however I dont think it ever hurts to attempt to understand how other peoples lives are, espcially when thinks like this go wrong.

I feel sorry for him and I feel even sorrier for his family. Drug addiction causes chaos and destruction to not only the addict but to everyone around him/her.
I had a cousin who died in his forties after years of drug abuse. He went into rehab lots of times and used to go to NA and stay sober for several months at a time but he always went back to using and in the end his body just gave up. It caused his parents and siblings unbearable pain.
No one seems to know why some people can stay sober and some can't.