Harry Roberts is our friend

offshorepoolie · **Joined:** Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:32 pm **Posts:** 6011

Is to be released ..

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-29734816

Wonder if Ken will get him to sort out the police?

Hartleblue · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:06 am

Silly post! refred

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:26 am

So let's get this straight, the guy's been in prison from the age of 30 to 78 and people are outraged because life should mean life?

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:51 am

I reckon the 3 Policemen's families probably do and if I was them I would aswell!!!! confised

He'll come out and be invited on chat shows and end up on Big Brother!!!!

parmo · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:57 am

I think footy fans should make a song up about him

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:02 pm

I cringe when I think back to when I use to sing that....and other chants....on the Terraces when I was younger and pig ignorant!!!! :uhoh:

Pooliegan · **Joined:** Fri May 14, 2010 6:13 pm **Posts:** 624

MutleyRules wrote:

I cringe when I think back to when I use to sing that....and other chants....on the Terraces when I was younger and pig ignorant!!!! :uhoh:

Me too. The most embarrassing one I sang was the 'we re by far the greatest team' though.

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

MutleyRules wrote:

I cringe when I think back to when I use to sing that....and other chants....on the Terraces when I was younger and pig ignorant!!!! :uhoh:

I thought it was "Arnie Roberts" for some reason :uhoh:

born toulouse · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2014 2:40 pm

Different song- same tune but different lyrics.

"Arnie Roberts fishy friend,
He cures kippers."

Loid Haw-Haw of Sussex · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2014 2:45 pm

MutleyRules wrote:

I cringe when I think back to when I use to sing that....and other chants....on the Terraces when I was younger and pig ignorant!!!! :uhoh:

Yep, it always started as Sgt Wright passed the tin shed on match days..i can still remember the filthy look he gave us all.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37877

We thought it was funny...when really it was moronic....he's no ones friend.

parmo · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2014 3:54 pm

Tree_With_Hamster wrote:

MutleyRules wrote:

I cringe when I think back to when I use to sing that....and other chants....on the Terraces when I was younger and pig ignorant!!!! :uhoh:

I thought it was "Arnie Roberts" for some reason :uhoh:

Ha ha! I used to think it was Ally Roberts

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

I remember the town end singing a song about Jason White (i think it was him, surname was definitley White) but thankfully I knew better than to join in that one.

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22679

Pooliegan wrote:

MutleyRules wrote:

I cringe when I think back to when I use to sing that....and other chants....on the Terraces when I was younger and pig ignorant!!!! :uhoh:

Me too. The most embarrassing one I sang was the 'we re by far the greatest team' though.

Me too. I age ten years each time I hear that.

Smokin Joe · **Joined:** Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:13 pm **Posts:** 1167

Happy days indeed - not because of the HR terrace song but the fact that going back to virtually any era of my 50 years of following Pools would be preferable to the miserable, hopeless situation that we currently find ourselves in. Or perhaps it is just my part-senile mind shutting out memories of the worst of times.

Barriewardrobe · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:48 pm

thought this a Hartlepool United forum ?

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22679

[x] Elaboration of the point required.

Incidentally, being a Hartlepool United supporter is a facet of the board but not an exclusive one. Come to think of it, there is nowhere on the board description that refers to it as a forum for exclusively football topics.

Andy Dibbles Gloves · **Joined:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:32 pm **Posts:** 6817

what we be the point of that?

I hate football.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37877

Andy Dibbles Gloves wrote:

what we be the point of that?

I hate football.

We worked that one out.

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Sat Oct 25, 2014 5:53 pm

Unless his kid is playing!!!!

FredFeast · **Joined:** Sun Sep 16, 2012 12:02 am **Posts:** 153

Montpoolier wrote:

So let's get this straight, the guy's been in prison from the age of 30 to 78 and people are outraged because life should mean life?

Not outraged, but in this not nice people case it should, or perhaps Ian Brady should be released because he's about the same age and been in nick a long time too

Andy Dibbles Gloves · **Joined:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:32 pm **Posts:** 6817

MutleyRules wrote:

Unless his kid is playing!!!!

Kids man kids.

I dont prefer to watch one over the other.

At least try and get your rolling eye posts rights.

sam collin's ugly brother · **Joined:** Wed May 09, 2012 3:57 pm **Posts:** 734

FredFeast wrote:

Montpoolier wrote:

So let's get this straight, the guy's been in prison from the age of 30 to 78 and people are outraged because life should mean life?

Not outraged, but in this not nice people case it should, or perhaps Ian Brady should be released because he's about the same age and been in nick a long time too

One of the purposes of going to prison is to rehabilitate though and the guy has served a long time but to even compare him to Ian Brady is just moronic.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37877

So it's all about poor old Harry being rehabilitated....who speaks for the dead....?
He killed three people... now that's moronic.

returnofaido · **Posted:** Tue Oct 28, 2014 12:20 pm

Chip Fireball wrote:

If the gadge is no longer considered a threat to the public ( and I'd suggest the people who see him day in and day out and are professionally qualified to make that decision are in a better position to judge than 6 random blokes on a message board ) and its cheaper to have him on the outside than the inside, then cant see the issue with it myself.

Some of the comments from Senior Plod have been absolutely laughable. One of them was banging on about what sort of message it sends out, well I guess the obvious one is that if you kill a copper you can expect to spend 48 year in jail. 48 year. I'd say most criminals would consider that a hefty stretch.

Another one was banging on about how people needed to understand it wasn't just normal people that had been killed it was policemen, like they were some sort of super species. It's funny but when the boot is on the other foot and it's policemen who kill people they seem to have a bloody good chance of either getting off with it or being allowed to take early retirement and a full pension. What sort of message does that send out eh ?

i didn't come on here for a lecture on communism sadx

The Fat Man · **Joined:** Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:03 pm **Posts:** 2107

Chip Fireball wrote:

Another one was banging on about how people needed to understand it wasn't just normal people that had been killed...

Are coppers normal?

Andy Dibbles Gloves · **Joined:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:32 pm **Posts:** 6817

No, they are superior human beings. Infact they might be a superior race altogether.

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Tue Oct 28, 2014 9:33 pm

Kill 3 people....no matter who....in cold blood and you deserve to rot until you die!!!!

The Fat Man · **Joined:** Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:03 pm **Posts:** 2107

Chip Fireball wrote:

The Fat Man wrote:

Chip Fireball wrote:

Another one was banging on about how people needed to understand it wasn't just normal people that had been killed...

Are coppers normal?

Sorry the point they were making was that because he killed police he needs to be treated differently than if he has just murdered a member of the public. I dunno, would he have done 48 year for killing 2 security guards, or two bank staff ?

I dont know that much about him to be honest, I know he saw a fair bit of active service in the Army, and allegedly killed a good few in Kenya I think, and that after he left the Army he went nuts. He wouldn't be the first one in that situation.

Then again maybe he was nuts before he went in the Army.

At 78 is he a danger to the public ? Like I said I guess thats a decision for the Parole Board not us.

I knew the point you were making. I was making a bad joke.

Harry Roberts is our friend

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