So John and Anne Darwin collude in deceiving their sons over his... er, current status. The sons are given to believe he's dead when he isn't. The judge doesn't think well of the Darwin parents for this. But Yvonne Roberts finds the man's judgement unduly harsh:The judge, Mr Justice Wilkie, is quoted as saying, "Their lives have been crushed by the way their parents tricked them for years, playing on their emotions and caring nothing for the distress caused at believing their dad dead." It's understandable that Anthony and Mark Darwin are upset, angry and shocked at their parents deception and betrayal. The brothers may be mortified to see their mother and father's mugshots on every front page. But "crushed"? Where's the sense of proportion? Reading stories of people losing an entire extended family in the killings at...
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