A parent’s nightmare

AS A parent of two lovely girls – one of whom is mentally disabled – I was horrified recently to see how a 70-year-old man with the mental age of ten was set alight

A parent’s nightmare
Thu, 21 Nov, 2002 - 00:00
a young person while he was going out for a bag of chips.

My worst nightmare had become a reality. What kind of person would perpetrate such a cowardly deed?

I love my children with all my heart, and it would surely break it if such an appalling thing were ever to happen to them.

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