Originally Posted by
Bazzlad
Excellent post.
Jimmy.H I believe that whether or not the parents are guilty of the murder and removal of the body of McCann, that they are guilty of gross negligence.
"Negligence means conduct that is culpable because it misses the legal standard required of a reasonable person in protecting individuals against foreseeably risky, harmful acts of other members of society."
Leave two children, that young, for any amount of time whilst in a foriegn country is simply unacceptable - it wouldn't have happened to me (and I travelled a lot with my Mother when I was younger) and it won't happen to my children.
So regardless of whether or not they're cold blooded murderers I can't feel as much sympathy toward them as I might have done, knowing as their child was being "kidnapped" they were swilling down the wine, laughing and joking with a bunch of mates and generally forgetting their parental duties. And now they've paid for it - in the absolute worst way possible.
The only good that can come from this is that other parents aren't as self centered in the future.