Why is it that a man of 51 years who is partially paralysed by a stroke and unable to defend himself when attacked in the street, receives no help from those people passing by in their cars?

Click here to read last week's story of the attack.

What is it about today's society that allows these things to happen without intervention?

We are not talking of getting into a full-scale fight but merely making an attempt to defend one who plainly cannot defend himself, I hope that those who drove past this incident feel justly proud of themselves for they can be counted among the real heroes in our society.

I can appreciate that weapons could be involved but to see an innocent man or woman attacked and do nothing shows a complete disregard for those less able to stand up to those that would attack.

As for the individuals who took part in this attack, these are not people with feelings or morals, these are lowest form of life on this planet with the sole aim of inflicting as much suffering as possible to satisfy their twisted minds – minds, which I might add have not a decent shred of knowledge or humanity held within them, in fact they are a complete waste time to society as a whole.

These individuals when caught (if caught!) should face the harshest penalty that society can pass on them.

Perhaps now is the time when we as a society should think about turning the clock back to a time when those caught after taking part in a crime faced a punishment more suited to the crime committed, but alas I feel it will be a long time in coming.

In the meantime, society begins to slowly self destroy and the weak, the old, and the less able pay the price.

Brian T Overbury-Crowther