Mother sets fire to daughter's rapist
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http://web.mid-day.com/news/world/2005/june/112450.htm
London: Taking the law in her own hands, a Spanish mother set afire a man who raped her teenaged daughter and allegedly taunted her about the assault, a report here said today.
The rapist Antonio Cosme Velasco Soriano, who later succumbed to injuries, had been sent to jail for nine years in 1998, but was let out on a three-day pass and returned to his home town of Benejuzar, 50 km south of Alicante, on the Costa Blanca.
While there, he passed his victim's mother in the street and allegedly taunted her about the attack. He is said to have called out: "How's your daughter?" before heading into a crowded bar, The Sunday Telegraph reported today.
Shortly after, the woman walked into the bar, poured a bottle of petrol over Soriano and lit a match. She watched as the flames engulfed him, before walking out.
The woman fled to Alicante, where she was arrested the same evening. When she appeared in court the next day in the town of Orihuela, she was cheered and clapped by a crowd, who shouted "Bravo!" and "Well done!" the newspaper reported.
A judge ordered her to be held in prison and undergo psychiatric tests, provoking anger from friends and neighbours, who have set up a petition calling for her release.
Soriano suffered 60 per cent burns in the attack on June 13 and later succumbed to injuries -
It only the mother instinct as the bloody law could not protect the weak. Speaking from the heart, what the mother deed was indeed brave and admirableOriginally posted by Typhoon:http://web.mid-day.com/news/world/2005/june/112450.htm
London: Taking the law in her own hands, a Spanish mother set afire a man who raped her teenaged daughter and allegedly taunted her about the assault, a report here said today.
The rapist Antonio Cosme Velasco Soriano, who later succumbed to injuries, had been sent to jail for nine years in 1998, but was let out on a three-day pass and returned to his home town of Benejuzar, 50 km south of Alicante, on the Costa Blanca.
While there, he passed his victim's mother in the street and allegedly taunted her about the attack. He is said to have called out: "How's your daughter?" before heading into a crowded bar, The Sunday Telegraph reported today.
Shortly after, the woman walked into the bar, poured a bottle of petrol over Soriano and lit a match. She watched as the flames engulfed him, before walking out.
The woman fled to Alicante, where she was arrested the same evening. When she appeared in court the next day in the town of Orihuela, she was cheered and clapped by a crowd, who shouted "Bravo!" and "Well done!" the newspaper reported.
A judge ordered her to be held in prison and undergo psychiatric tests, provoking anger from friends and neighbours, who have set up a petition calling for her release.
Soriano suffered 60 per cent burns in the attack on June 13 and later succumbed to injuries
and speaking from the head, you just can't bring the law into your own hand. 
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me thinks its the right thing...this guy tainted a girl's reputation..took her chasity away....jail would not be good for that guy...glad that guy died...and as for the girl...she would have to carry that stigma with her..the whole life
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Hooray!
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The mother needs plenty of jail time if she turns out to be sane. We can't have people going around commiting murder on a whim.
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her mum is cool! fark the law.
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Why not knock him semi-conscious with a mallet, cut his genitals off, wake him up with cold water and then burn his genitals in front of him.
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its always like this, the law always protect the guilty.
why prison? becuase , it protects the guilty from the public and not the public from the guilty.
because, outside prison the guilty can get killed by anyone anytime. -
she used a good method of revenge because burning causes every part of the rapist's body to suffer from agony uniformly all at the same time and causes irreversible damage so he remembers it forever and his scars remind others about him too
she should be released from jail immediately and rewarded handsomely for a public service well done -
She is indeed....
I wld have use a knife and poke a few holes -
Anyway, even if the judge agrees on her action
he cant do anything to release the mother
there is a code of conduct for judge
if he does so, it sure invites more criticism -
in jail, rapists and paedophiles get killed first
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criticism from other rapistsOriginally posted by OldAhPek:Anyway, even if the judge agrees on her action
he cant do anything to release the mother
there is a code of conduct for judge
if he does so, it sure invites more criticism -
In SG, i believe the penalty for premediated rape is far higher than 9 yrs?
Anyway, it seems like the rapist got off easy. Emotionally, i can feel for the mother, having seen only the law meted out but little justice for the pain and suffering.
And western countries think our caning is barbaric.
She must have enjoyed setting the guy alight. I know i would.
What was the justice system thinking...letting the rapist out on a 3-day pass?
Good behaviour? -
actually singapore policeman should be armed with flame thrower instad of small revolver....imagine the dmg....
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huge damaged, billions of dollars,Originally posted by ceecookie:actually singapore policeman should be armed with flame thrower instad of small revolver....imagine the dmg....
whole orchard get burn down because he shoots at the attacker and burn everything down, the whole orchard road to woodlands lucky if did not Burn JB. -
its true.Originally posted by BillyBong:In SG, i believe the penalty for premediated rape is far higher than 9 yrs?
Anyway, it seems like the rapist got off easy. Emotionally, i can feel for the mother, having seen only the law meted out but little justice for the pain and suffering.
And western countries think our caning is barbaric.
She must have enjoyed setting the guy alight. I know i would.
What was the justice system thinking...letting the rapist out on a 3-day pass?
Good behaviour?
our sentence meted out for rape is the most 'detterent'. only those brainless human rights people dont see it.
US is one of the worst. letting the rapist out to do it over and over again. -
After 9 yrs in jail, he showed no remorse for his misdeeds... his own deserts!
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Well, the rapist got what he fully deserved. Nine years in prison is nothing compared to a lifetime of shame and nightmares for the girl. Heck, he didn't even seem to show any remorse for the act.
I think that the mother will be found guilty no matter what. Like it or not, taking the law into your own hands is still an act of crime. I just hope they'll be lenient with the punishment meted out to her.
In addition, I hope they'll rethink the punishment to rapists - nine years is small potatoes. Castrate all rapists with no anaesthetic in highly septic conditions, I say. That way, we can be sure they'll never traumatise any woman again. -
amazing news. but this is just a warning for all potential rapist out there.
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iT'S NOT EVEN 9 YEARS YET. tHIS IS 2005, NOT 2007. THE RAPIST WAS JAILED BACK IN 1998, NOT 1996.
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Originally posted by fudgester:
I disagree. I think the mother is nothing more than a common murderer. There can be no excuse for her. I hope she gets punished to the full extent of the law, even if that includes hanging. That will send a message that the rule of law is sacred.
[b]I think that the mother will be found guilty no matter what. Like it or not, taking the law into your own hands is still an act of crime. I just hope they'll be lenient with the punishment meted out to her.
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aiyo, why so topid... go murder tat guy or cut off his *ahem* without pple knowing she did it than clever mah
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But overall, she is less of a threat to society than that rapist.Originally posted by lwflee:I disagree. I think the mother is nothing more than a common murderer. There can be no excuse for her. I hope she gets punished to the full extent of the law, even if that includes hanging. That will send a message that the rule of law is sacred. -
Rape vs Murder? I'll take my chances with the rapist.Originally posted by SBS3641G:But overall, she is less of a threat to society than that rapist.