David Rathband

dreamdaisy
dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
edited 3. Mar 2012, 06:28 in Community Chit-chat archive
Now you lot know me by now, I'm not sentimental or that easily moved but I am so saddened by his death. He lost his sight, his work, his wife and now his life all due to a winker called Moat who himself lacked the courage to face what we laughingly call 'justice' for his crime. David Rathband was one thousand times more a man than feeble Moat could ever have been.

My thoughts are with Cath and her family at this dreadful time. DD
Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben

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  • valval
    valval Member Posts: 14,911
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    it made me sad when i saw it as well dd
    val
  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Very very sad...he was a man unlike Moat....I really do feel for his family
    Love
    Barbara
  • mig
    mig Member Posts: 7,154
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hear hear.R.I.P. Mig
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    When I read about David Rathband passing away I too was saddend he was a policeman who by far makes him a hero and Moat took that away from him. And that led to his marriage ending and now he decided he couldn't carry on. Very sad, feel for his family.
  • georgie66
    georgie66 Member Posts: 403
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    it was so sad to here about David Rathband
    may he rest in peace...god bless him
  • tkachev
    tkachev Member Posts: 8,332
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    He was also in a lot of pain. He lost so much because of the actions of one man.
    I feel for his family and friends,

    Elizabeth
    Never be bullied into silence.
    Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
    Accept no ones definition of your life

    Define yourself........

    Harvey Fierstein
  • jillyb1
    jillyb1 Member Posts: 1,725
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Well said , DD . Jillyb
  • Colin1
    Colin1 Member Posts: 1,769
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Yes DD its so sad i thought he was doing ok but alas not. its such a shame.
    Colin
    WHEN GOD GIVES YOU LEMONS MAKE LEMONADE
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I spent part of the morning (10 to 11am) listening to a tribute on Radio 5Live. They had been in touch with him since those dreadful early days and today not only did I hear exerpts from interviews he gave (requested by listeners) but also the most moving testimony from a retired fireman, who has been helped by the charity that PC Rathband established for those injured whist carrying out their public service duties. His charity has filled an enormous gap in provision - but the irony is that nothing was in place to help him. I know our lives have been changed by arthritis but today I reflected that, actually, I am fortunate in that I can still see, still hear, that I don't have to learn a new way of communicating with people.

    The world became a richer place when Moat died but it is now so much poorer without courageous PC David Rathband. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • mig
    mig Member Posts: 7,154
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Well said. DD . Mig
  • pinkbritishstars
    pinkbritishstars Member Posts: 731
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thank you for posting this DD.

    I too was saddened when I heard about this on the radio news.

    I for one will be praying for his family.

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