What has happened to modern society?

11:12am Tuesday 23rd October 2012 in Letters

ON Saturday evening my husband and I were going to bed when we heard shouting, this is very unusual as we live in a very quiet cul-de-sac.

I looked out the window, a man was screaming and bellowing at a young girl, my husband was concerned she was in danger so went out to check she was okay.

On his appearance the young man charged at my husband and carried out a brutal attack, only stopping when I had dragged him off several times.

We are in our 50s. It was horrible, I thought he was going to kill my husband.

But the worst of all this is no one helped.

I'm not asking for someone to come out and physically help, but maybe if someone had shouted "go away - I've called the police" even from a window it might have stopped him.

We have lived quietly in this road for 16 years, working and bringing up a family - and yet no one helped.

My young child watched this event unfold in front of her and she called the police.

One neighbour has given a statement and, whoever you are, I thank you as this has helped bring justice.

As for the rest, shame on you. I hope you or a member of your family never relies on neighbours for help.

All my husband did was check a young girl was okay, thank god she was.

What has happened to our society?

Amanda from Irby by email.

Comments(4)

robocoupe says...
9:44am Wed 24 Oct 12

Broken Britain!

And it is not going to get any better, I see examples of poor attitude and apathy to others on a regular basis, and that is working in retail where we have to operate a freedom from fear campaign.

Your husband sounds like a chivalrous man, the likes of which we don`t see much of any more and I applaud him for his actions to support someone in distress.

I hope he is on the mend.

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steady cyclist says...
1:57pm Wed 24 Oct 12

Thats terrible,i do hope that you now take all your ignorant,neighbours off your christmas card list,and just perhaps ask them why they didnt help or why they didnt phone the police for free.

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bickyboy says...
5:44pm Sun 28 Oct 12

First of all, well done to your husband and to yourself for putting yourselves at risk to try to save a vulnerable person. Secondly, your neighbours should, yes, be hanging their heads in shame that they didn't help. Thirdly, a lot of the reluctance of others to get involved has to do with the constant flow of stories in the Press about the police arresting have-a-go heroes and allowing criminals to get away. This is rubbish: if you can show that you used justifiable force to prevent a criminal assault you have nothing to fear from the law.

If we take on the scum we can reclaim the streets. If we carry on shutting our curtains and pretending that the appalling behaviour of some of our fellow human beings has nothing to do with us, the pondlife wins every time.

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ordinary personn says...
5:47pm Sun 28 Oct 12

I too hope that your husband is OK. There are now too few people willing to help out others and to stand up for what they think is right and he should be applauded for what he did. I also hope that your neighbours are ashamed of themselves!

Robocoupe - my friend recently defended a young checkout operator from an idiot complaining that they were having to wait in a queue only to be met with a barrage of abuse. From what they were told it seems sadly that staff in that particular store have to deal with such events on a daily basis. So you have my sympathy if you are also subjected to such abuse.

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