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AIBU?

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To be fed up with the Daily Mail and their anti-woman stories again?

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Yambabe · 27/05/2014 12:03

This time they are (yet again) trying to demonise Maxine Carr and turn her into a second Myra Hindley.

Doesn't wash with me.

She wasn't there when the kiddies were killed, she just provided an alibi for an abusive and controlling boyfriend who she thought couldn't have done what he did, then caved pretty quickly when she realised he had.

Apparently she has recently got married, "despite her past".

Err she got involved with a nutter without realising, made a big mistake, did her time and is getting on with her life.

I have no feelings for the woman either way but don't think she deserves this.

I really shouldn't read the Hate Mail should I?

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NoImSpartacus · 27/05/2014 12:11

YABU. On two counts:

She gave a false alibi to the police to protect Huntley, who had murdered two children, which in turn delayed the arrest of Huntley by a couple of weeks. I can't even begin to imagine the hell those children's parents went through during that time.

For reading the Daily Fail.

Sallyingforth · 27/05/2014 12:20

The Daily Mail is so like Facebook. They both the source of many complaints, yet there are more pleasant and less stressful alternatives.

KissMyFatArse · 27/05/2014 12:21

She deserves no sympathy IMO

KissMyFatArse · 27/05/2014 12:21

She deserves no sympathy IMO

wowfudge · 27/05/2014 12:27

I agree her case is not comparable, but she did pevert the course of justice by lying, adding to the pain of the two girls' families and meaning he wasn't brought to justice sooner.

YABU for using the term 'kiddies' - reminds of Ivy Tilsley in Corrie every time I hear it.

Littledidsheknow · 27/05/2014 12:29

If she really believed he didn't do it, why the need to lie?

Softlysoftlycatchymonkey · 27/05/2014 12:29

YABU

Bellezeboobian · 27/05/2014 12:32

It's not woman hating, it's hating a person who knew about a horrible crime and lied to cover it up.

siblingrevelryagain · 27/05/2014 12:43

Her boyfriend being abusive and controlling is no defence.

Squidstirfry · 27/05/2014 12:49

Don't read the Daily Mail

Pleeeease anyone

It's designed to evoke fury towards the unfortunate and anyone femaile.

CoffeeTea103 · 27/05/2014 13:00

Yabu and daft.

BoneyBackJefferson · 27/05/2014 13:01

YABU for trying to justify what she did.

whynowblowwind · 27/05/2014 13:03

The case isn't comparable at all (with Hindley) and what she did was very wrong, but it was a long time ago now, I feel the sentence was fair and think the fact she's got married - well, so what? Hope she has a happy life.

WorraLiberty · 27/05/2014 13:04

It's not an 'anti-woman' story.

It's 'anti-lying-to-protect-a-murderer'.

Her gender is neither here nor there.

curiousgeorgie · 27/05/2014 13:14

Is this a joke?

Andrewofgg · 27/05/2014 13:18

There is a use for the DM but you can get a better alternative from the supermarket in several pastel colours.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 27/05/2014 13:22

Anybody who posts DM 'stories', cluttering up the board and giving the DM 'hits' is an i-iot and the obvious target readership of the tabloids.

Gen35 · 27/05/2014 13:32

I think she's paid the price for her lying, and now her private life is her business, just the same as anyone else in that situation. I do think she deserves privacy, the daily mail is an appalling rag.

Pumpkinpositive · 27/05/2014 13:35

It's not woman hating, it's hating a person who knew about a horrible crime and lied to cover it up.

Except she didn't. She wasn't charged or convicted of being an accessory to murder (because that's what she would have done in your scenario).

She gave him a false alibi, so she says (and the Crown accepted) because she thought he was innocent, not because she thought he was guilty.

She's not the first to be taken in by a lying ragbag, she won't be the last.

Pumpkinpositive · 27/05/2014 13:36

It's 'anti-lying-to-protect-a-murderer'.

She didn't know she was lying to protect a murderer. Court accepted that.

Bellezeboobian · 27/05/2014 13:38

Of course she'd say that though pumpkin, to get off with the lesser charge.

If someone asks you to provide an alibi for you any normal person would have a good think about why they're having to ask for one if they're so innocent.

Pumpkinpositive · 27/05/2014 13:46

Of course she'd say that though pumpkin, to get off with the lesser charge.

And the Crown accepted it. If they thought there was a realistic prospect of conviction, why not push for accomplice?

If someone asks you to provide an alibi for you any normal person would have a good think about why they're having to ask for one if they're so innocent.

I cannot rule out the possibility of providing a false alibi for a close relative I consciously believed was innocent and, moreover, who I believed was in danger of being stitched up for a crime. I suspect I'm far from alone in thinking that way.

Whether Carr believed that, I don't know. And how she could have consciously believed he was innocent is another matter... But I don't know how much she knew of his past.

BubbleButt79 · 27/05/2014 15:05

so this thread is several posters trying to defend and justify the actions of Maxine Carr?

Really?

thebodylovesspring · 27/05/2014 15:11

Funnily enough all of my sympathies are for two 10 year old girls who were murdered in a brutal horrific way and their families and I couldn't give a shiny shite about this lying toe rag.

WorraLiberty · 27/05/2014 15:17

I wonder if she'd get the same amount of sympathy if she didn't own a vagina?

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