Zombie knife attack/“bagging”

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A colleague told me about this story the other day. Not sure where they heard about it but the only link I could find is from the DM...

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk...

I haven’t been able to shake this story off my mind since I read it. Not so much for the specific attack reported on, but due to this paragraph:

“The location of the attack is known as 'bagging' among gangs, where a person's lower body is targeted so they have to wear a colostomy bag for the rest of their life - the ultimate humiliation.”

Still can’t believe what I’ve read. I mean, wtf?

Got me thinking, how do you even punish someone who does a “bagging”?

The fellow in this article got a rehab order, a curfew and some unpaid work. I’m just not sure that punishment fits what is an absolutely heinous crime?

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I’m glad a lot of the responses are pretty much what I had in mind.

For me, after carrying out such a crime I don’t think there is any rehabilitation or punishment that really fits the bill for such an abhorrent crime. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, but I’d be happy to make an exception for baggers!

The match stick with razor blades is an interesting one, I know someone with such a scar on his arm (not well, but well enough for him to tell me about his scar and the football hooliganism that earned him said scar.) As horrific as his scar is, it pales in comparison to “bagging”.

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Kermit power said:

You've got the wrong bloke. The one given the rehab order (after having spent 8 months locked up on remand) was the one found guilty of shooting the guy with a BB gun. The one who stabbed him was still awaiting sentencing, I think?

You’re right, sorry. Fingers crossed he gets an appropriate sentence in that case, however I’ll not hold my breath.