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[quote]A teenager who doused his girlfriend in petrol and set fire to her in his bedroom has been found guilty of her "cruel and sadistic" murder.
Jessica McCagh, 17, became a ball of flames when Stewart Blackburn set her alight in his flat in Arbroath, Scotland.
The pair had gone to a party and, apparently not unusually for them, got into an argument.
Jessica swore at 18-year-old Blackburn and threatened to leave him.
Outside in the street a witness saw Blackburn punch Jessica in the face hard enough to knock her off her feet.
Some time later neighbours heard shouting and swearing from Blackburn's flat before a loud "bang" echoed through the building.
As thick smoke fumed up the stairs terrified residents considered jumping out of their windows, unable to see their owns hands for the fog.
An upstairs neighbour, Ricci Foreman, kicked down Blackburn's door and found Jessica "covered in flames" with her face "melting".
He recalled Blackburn fleeing from the scene shouting "Jessica's dead".
Jessica's parents were woken by Blackburn himself banging at their door and immediately rushed to their daughter's side.
Her last words to her father, he tearfully recalled in court, were: "I don't want to die, Dad - I love you."
Jessica died later that day at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.
A jury took less than two hours to find Blackburn guilty of murder after a 10-day trial at the High Court in Livingston.
Judge Lord Bracadale said Jessica suffered a "terrible death" at her boyfriend's hands.
"These acts demonstrate a degree of wickedness on your part which will leave all right-thinking people deeply disturbed," he said.
Solicitor-General Frank Mulholland QC, prosecuting, earlier told jurors: "It is difficult to envisage more cruel or sadistic treatment of another human being."
He said Blackburn had committed "a barbaric and evil act against a defenceless young woman".
When the unanimous verdict was reached, cries of "Yes!" came from the public gallery.
The victims' friends and families linked arms, while her parents Garry and Marion shed tears.
Blackburn showed little emotion, dropping his head when the verdict was read out.
The teenager now faces life behind bars.[/quote]
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It looks like she got Black[b]burned[/b]
[quote]Her last words to her father, he tearfully recalled in court, were: "I don't want to die, Dad - I love you."[/quote]
I highly doubt that. They were probably more along the lines of "Uwaaughauuughaaaaahh!"
[QUOTE=Dr Bob;18700162][img]http://d.yimg.com/i/ng/ne/skynews/20091202/17/876460966-teen-guilty-burning-girlfriend-death.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
so is that him or his girlfriend
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seriously I'm not joking, I can't tell
He just wanted a flaming hot relationship!
Oh, [b]BURN![/b]
Okay, enough [i]flaming[/i] for one day..
A bit overdone for my tastes...
Flames of love.
[QUOTE=Dr Bob;18700162][img]http://d.yimg.com/i/ng/ne/skynews/20091202/17/876460966-teen-guilty-burning-girlfriend-death.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Is that before or after she was burned?
Great, I get the usual jokers with their lame news puns.
:downsbravo:
[quote]"These acts demonstrate a degree of wickedness on your part which will leave all right-thinking people deeply disturbed,"[/quote]
I agree with this statement, however I would replace "degree of wickedness," with "fuckton of psychosis."
Man she is smokin [b]hot![/b]
[QUOTE=Skippy!;18700215]I highly doubt that. They were probably more along the lines of "Uwaaughauuughaaaaahh!"[/QUOTE]:frown::ftbrg:
[QUOTE=Cheeseist;18700251]Man she is smokin [b]hot![/b][/QUOTE]
Oh you, 2 puns in one :v:
wtf her chin
[quote]Jessica McCagh, 17, became a ball of flames[/quote]
Sounds like an action movie.
[QUOTE=The mouse;18700255]:frown::ftbrg:[/QUOTE]
I'm just telling it like it is. A person engulfed in flames won't be able to breathe, much less form words and definitely not entire phrases.
These threads are perfect for showing what huge hypocrites the members of FP are.
Yeah, remember that thread with the video of some guy throwing a dog off a bridge?
I don't recall any dumb puns there, I just recall a lot of comments like "Kill that piece of shit.", "Somebody should throw him off a bridge." etc.
As for this psychopath, he belongs in a mental institute.
[QUOTE=the_shape;18700355]These threads are perfect for showing what huge hypocrites the members of FP are.
Yeah, remember that thread with the video of some guy throwing a dog off a bridge?
I don't recall any dumb puns there, I just recall a lot of comments like "Kill that piece of shit.", "Somebody should throw him off a bridge." etc.
As for this psychopath, he belongs in a mental institute.[/QUOTE]
News puns aside, he belongs in mid-air with a very tight rope around his neck and flames coming from below.
An eye for an eye, a flame for a flame.
[QUOTE=Technopath;18700212]It looks like she got Black[b]burned[/b][/QUOTE]
[b]YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH[/b]
/caps
Reported your post for flaming.
[QUOTE=Technopath;18700398]An eye for an eye, a flame for a flame.[/QUOTE]
An eye for an eye will never work in practice.
:iceburn:
Without the ice.
[QUOTE=Dr Bob;18700450]An eye for an eye will never work in practice.[/QUOTE]
It worked in the middle ages.
Oh wait D:
[QUOTE=the_shape;18700355]These threads are perfect for showing what huge hypocrites the members of FP are.
Yeah, remember that thread with the video of some guy throwing a dog off a bridge?
I don't recall any dumb puns there, I just recall a lot of comments like "Kill that piece of shit.", "Somebody should throw him off a bridge." etc.
As for this psychopath, he belongs in a mental institute.[/QUOTE]
People get pissed on animal cruelty because animals can't fight back.
Humans killing humans is something we don't give a fuck about
[quote=News]An upstairs neighbour, Ricci Foreman, kicked down Blackburn's door and found Jessica "covered in flames" with her face "melting".[/quote]
I don't like it when faces are removed.
I prefer that people keep their faces on, thank you very much.
Good, he gets to rot in prison.
[QUOTE=fear me;18700885]I don't like it when faces are removed.
I prefer that people keep their faces on, thank you very much.[/QUOTE]
The only time melting faces is acceptable is if it's being done by an amazing guitar solo.
[QUOTE=Skippy!;18700215]I highly doubt that. They were probably more along the lines of "Uwaaughauuughaaaaahh!"[/QUOTE]
She was in the hospital when she died, not right then and there, right?
Also: Another facepunch
I can see this becoming quite a hot topic.
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