A dilemma, what would you do if....
 

...I don't know if anyone watched 'A Mother's Son' last night...but a mother suspects that her son could be the killer of a local girl, and has the dilemma of whether to denounce him, or protect him and help cover up what he did...


..if you had a close relative..child/parent/sibling etc..and you suspected they had committed a serious violent crime, what would you do..report them to the police or protect them..?...

I don't know, it would depend on the circumstance around it I think

I watched it Ammi its the only drama on ITV I have watched for a long time I was quite confusesd at first But then I understood when she was washing her sons shoes.

I would report him then get him a good lawyer.
If he had killed someone then he would need to be brought to justice, for his own sake as much as others.

I have no kids but if i found out my parents did it, i'd try my hardest to brush it under the carpet

..that might be a bit obvious from the lump in the carpet and after a while it would smell quite badly, so maybe put it in a cellar/basement instead...

I think I would try and pretend I know nothing of it.

If it was a serious violent crime without any provocation I'de report them.

Report them.

I'm not a father, but going from the bond I have with my niece I would do everything in my power to protect her tbh(as long as it wasn't a family member). Hell, I would consider taking the rap myself :laugh:

I'd protect them and blame Leon.

this is what i would do too.

depends entirely on which family member it was for me.

I honestly don't know and seriously hope I never find out

protect them :dance:

Shop 'em, wouldn't feel comfortable around them after they'd done that anyway especially if they didn't turn themselves in and I'd feel too guilty about it, plus if I got caught covering for them I'd end up going down as well :idc:

Would only be different if they had a very valid motive

Hmm, the question said,if we suspected that someone in our family had committed a violent act.
If I only suspected they had then I would do nothing or try to as best I could find the proof they had.

If I knew for certain they had then I would give them an opportunity to hand themselves in or then I would likely report what I knew.
Only however if I was really certain.

That's a question, for me I could only answer if it happened to me but my first thought right now is to arrange for them to escape the country...but then I think about the victims and that's when it would become difficult. :(