[arista]

"Christopher Blackburn claimed £2,000 while living with the emaciated corpse
Told police he had had a drink with his father at Christmas
Neighbours thought he was caring for his sick parent"

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1pBgEgW2j


Utter Criminal Scum

[Niamh.]

Oh God, that's gruesome, the smell must have been awful, I'm surprised that wasn't noticed sooner

[lostalex]

Well i've heard of people doing much worse for much smaller amounts of money.

you can hire crackheads to kill for only a few hundred.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by lostalex

Well i've heard of people doing much worse for much smaller amounts of money.

you can hire crackheads to kill for only a few hundred.

How do you know this? are you planning on hiring a crackhead to kill someone?

In all seriousness though I honestly think that's disgusting and the Son should be ashamed of himself.

[Ramsay]

smart fella.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Karl

smart fella.

No the Smell
he ain't smart

[Livia]

I saw this on the news last night. He told his little girl that her grandfather was sleeping.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Livia

I saw this on the news last night. He told his little girl that her grandfather was sleeping.

awww, that's kinda sweet. in a twisted way...

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by lostalex

awww, that's kinda sweet. in a twisted way...

It isn't really

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

It isn't really

i guess i'm just a bit of a romantic then...

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by lostalex

i guess i'm just a bit of a romantic then...

[Mrluvaluva]

To me, he had no respect for his father, and used him in death to claim money. Neighbours were sending meals for his "sick" dad. It has made a lot of people in his community very angry.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Mrluvaluva

To me, he had no respect for his father, and used him in death to claim money. Neighbours were sending meals for his "sick" dad. It has made a lot of people in his community very angry.

Yes its so wrong
all to cash in his benefits.

[fruit_cake]

considering his daughter was 10 years old I wonder if she'd have been at least a little suspicious that he was actually dead and not sleeping.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by fruit_cake

considering his daughter was 10 years old I wonder if she'd have been at least a little suspicious that he was actually dead and not sleeping.

The smell must have been terrible, she surely must have been suspicious

[thesheriff443]

i wonder if he thought about putting his dads,bed on ebay,

[Niamh.]

Can we try and stay on topic please and stop with the personal snipes.

[lostalex]

someone is heavily moderating this thread, hmmm, i wonder who....

[Roy Mars III]

looks the type

[thesheriff443]

dissapointed!

[thesheriff443]

free thinkers are not welcome on here so im off,boreing!

[Roy Mars III]

about time

[Marc]

Wow.

I'm glad that these people exist ONLY FOR THE SOLE REASON that it brings it to my attention that I am a much better person, who would never do such a thing.

Anyone who continues to live with a decomposing corpse, obviously has severe mental health issues, that can't solely be dressed up as "greedy scum".

Maybe we should be looking to help this guy, rather than castigate him so badly. He's had £2,000 he wasn't entitled to from the government. Not even a weeks tax dodging for the wealthiest.

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally Posted by Jesus.H.Christ

Anyone who continues to live with a decomposing corpse, obviously has severe mental health issues, that can't solely be dressed up as "greedy scum".

Maybe we should be looking to help this guy, rather than castigate him so badly. He's had £2,000 he wasn't entitled to from the government. Not even a weeks tax dodging for the wealthiest.

It's not particularly about the money though as such. It's not a huge amount I agree (although where do you draw the line?), but it was over the period of only a few months, although I don't think he could have carried on covering up the fact that his father was dead for much longer anyhow.

It's the fact that he used his father, in death, to obtain monies for possible personal gain. "He failed to report 54-year-old Guy's death so he could splash his £180 fortnightly income support state benefit on trainers and booze.", The Sun states. I don't know if this notion was in his head at the time of his fathers passing, which was the reason for him keeping the death quiet, or whether it was an afterthought, and the reason he did not originally report this came from grief, and he became scared because, basically, the lie got too big, so he collected the money to make things look normal . I can't possibly comment on that. I don't know what was going on in his head.

It's an issue of respect for somebody. Denying them the right to be laid to rest and for others to grieve. And it's the fact he used the money for purely selfish reasons. No other reason than to make things easier for himself. I am not sure how he could be "helped"?