A bunch of youths killed an old folk with an argument
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[B]An altercation with youths contributed to the death of a man with learning disabilities outside his home, a pathologist told an inquest.[/B]
David Askew, 64, was found dead outside his house in Hattersley, Greater Manchester, on 10 March 2010.
Home Office pathologist Dr Charles Wilson said an altercation which took place 10 minutes before Mr Askew collapsed was a factor in his death.
The inquest, which is in its third day, continues.
Mr Wilson told the coroner that Mr Askew suffered from ischemic heart disease which meant not enough blood got to his heart.
[B]'Weakened heart'[/B]Mr Askew also had cancer of the oesophagus.
He said that the adrenalin released by the altercation with a group of youths would have made his heart beat faster, and in turn this could cause heart failure in an already weakened heart.
Mr Wilson said that in his opinion the altercation was a "precipitate" factor in Mr Askew's death.
On the inquest's opening day, Mr Askew's 90-year-old mother, Lizzie, said her son had suffered years of abuse at the hands of local youths.
She had said: "The long-suffering torment contributed to his death.
"I can't prove it scientifically but I know it in my heart it to be true."
Mrs Askew said her son had sticks and stones thrown at him and was called "lunatic".
She said tomatoes and eggs had been thrown at the windows of his home, and on the night he died he had to pick up newspapers thrown around his garden.[/release]
[URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-16067795#TWEET40789[/URL]
Poor lad
[QUOTE]"I can't prove it scientifically but I know it in my [B]heart[/B] it to be true."[/QUOTE]
:v:
I heard youths murdered David Askew with their voice. Shouted him apart!
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I have no more faith in my generation. Just fuck them and those types, seriously.
[QUOTE=Deaver;33612596]I have no more faith in my generation. Just fuck them and those types, seriously.[/QUOTE]
A few bad apples doesn't mean the entire tree is rotten.
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[QUOTE=Coffee;33612622]A few bad apples doesn't mean the entire tree is rotten.[/QUOTE]
Doesn't necessarily keep the tree free from rot. These people decided they'd abuse an old man, and there are probably more of those people out there.
[QUOTE=Deaver;33612804]Doesn't necessarily keep the tree free from rot. These people decided they'd abuse an old man, and there are probably more of those people out there.[/QUOTE]
Yes I also look at the actions of the few and assume it's indicative of the many.
The title is a grammatical clusterfuck, I thought this was about a senior commiting suicide after being proven wrong about something in an argument
I misread the title as some young people literally arguing an old man to death.
[QUOTE=smeismastger;33612905]I misread the title as some young people literally arguing an old man to death.[/QUOTE]
Same here. Not as bad as that poster who misposted the title, saying that Russia had invaded Syria though.
[QUOTE=Deaver;33612596]I have no more faith in my generation. Just fuck them and those types, seriously.[/QUOTE]
I'm sure they didn't MEAN to kill him.
They were just being vagrants like all teenagers are now-a-days. I'm sure they feel pretty bad about it by now.
[QUOTE=NoobieWafer223;33613102]I'm sure they didn't MEAN to kill him.
They were just being vagrants like all teenagers are now-a-days. I'm sure they feel pretty bad about it by now.[/QUOTE]
More like they were being vagrants like almost all teenagers are and have always been
teenagers have never been a well behaved group
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