OTish John Laidlaw shooting spree

SticknMove · Post by **SticknMove** » 23 Feb 2007, 12:46

‘A gunman who went on a shooting spree just weeks after being convicted of a violent race attack has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years.
Former boxer John Laidlaw, 24, said he was going to "kill all black people" after being arrested for an attack on a motorist.’

Am I the only one who is pissed off with the media negatively associating boxing with this unhinged screwball? Where’s the neccessity in linking a guy to boxing when he may have only had a few rounds as an amateur? Afterall when do the media make the same connections between other similar nutters and the fact that they kicked a football about on a Sunday for their local pub team?

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 23 Feb 2007, 12:50

Hmm, not sure whether I agree or not. Perhaps they were trying to indicate the fact that he was a bit tasty as it were. Depends how recently he was a boxer, I mean, if he boxed 4 years ago and has since been a plumbers mate, then it's not relevant at all and shouldn't have been mentioned.

Has to be said, the guy is a prize pudendum, it makes me shudder to think there are people like that walking the streets, I mean, what he did was pretty much random violence, some poor geezer just bumps into him accidentally and he shoots him in the back. What a frucking coward!

SticknMove · Post by **SticknMove** » 23 Feb 2007, 13:29

Well the connection is just about as relevant as an ex footballer who played Sunday league who liked to have a row on the pitch. Never heard of the fella, but I assume he is a nutter who may have done a bit of boxing, and no more. Therefore the connection is not relevant at all.

yiddo14 · Post by **yiddo14** » 23 Feb 2007, 15:13

The papers list anyone who has entered a boxing gym at some stage in their life as a former amateur boxer.

Wayne Rooney is a classic example.
He may have trained at a club,but he never fought a single round as an amateur,yet he is often listed as an ex-fighter in the two bob red tops.

I have never heard of this nutter before,neither have my 'boxing' friends.
By the looks of it,no one here has either!

THEBUTCH · Post by **THEBUTCH** » 26 Feb 2007, 09:57

Yep, I took exception to the connection too when I heard about it on the news. I wonder what else the guy can be connected too. Probably other jobs or hobbies, but as usual the media have a poke at boxing. :(