to be angry they are showing Jonty Braverys photo?

[calpolatdawn]

He clearly wanted the notoriety, his face should never have been shown, its was extremely pre meditated. Also identifying him as Autistic first dangerously mentally ill second 🙄 apparently experts have diagnosed his callousness points more to psychopathy than autism, no shit sherlock

i wasn't aware they were community carers, that was interesting i was a community carer in my early 20s,i had a service user who frequently talked about murder and suicide and ask me personal questions about sex infront of their children, was quite cruel to their pets. ill be honest if that person was able to walk i wouldn't have felt safe going in. i might go to hell for saying that, all was required was to document 'low mood' and go. i did report the pet situation as did many.

but he's now a man and I gather has shown no remorse so I struggle to feel any real pity for him. Lots of serial killers have personality disorders - we don't call them mentally Ill.

^This. I’d also imagine all murderers have a personality disorder.

He is not in prison; he is in broadmoor

I struggle with people thinking any response other than 'lock him him and throw away the key' means you pity him, excuse his vile actions, lack sympathy for his poor innocent victim or relieve him of blame.

@MitziK

Right up until they released his photo, it was being alleged on SM that the attacker was 'obviously' Muslim and that it was further evidence of a deliberate coverup (+/- by Sadiq Khan) for a different type of terrorist attack.

So they didn't really have a choice.

Sure,y they could have said the attacker was a white male from X and left it at that ? Personally I think no offender should have their photo published unless it's because the public need to be alert and look out for them.

Honestly, I have no interest in his diagnosis of ASD, or whether he was mentally ill.
He THREW a small child from a 10th floor balcony. That was his decision alone, that he chose to make.
That poor child, and his family, are still living with the repercussions of that day.
He can rot, for all I care.

Heartless, maybe. But would you want YOUR child anywhere near him? No. You wouldn't.

I think publishing the photo was exactly the right thing to do. The perpetrators of horrible crimes shouldn’t be granted anonymity. Hopefully he’ll spend the rest of his life in Broadmoor or its equivalent where he’ll be safe and so will the rest of society. And can we stop calling him by his first name? It makes him sound like the kid next door.

Totally agree, all the use of his first name up thread is so weird.