McFall and Unwin.

Two men jailed for life for torture and murder of Vietnamese woman.

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Stephen Unwin and William McFall killed Quyen Ngoc Nguyen near Sunderland last year

Frances Perraudin North of England reporter

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Wed 25 Apr 2018 15.44 BSTLast modified on Wed 25 Apr 2018 22.00 BSTShares71

Stephen Unwin (left) and William McFall met in prison while serving time for previous murders. Photograph: Northumbria Police/PA.Two men, who met in prison while serving time for previous murders, have been sentenced to spend the rest of their lives in jail for the torture and murder of a 28-year-old woman.Stephen Unwin, 40, and William McFall, 51, attacked Quyen Ngoc Nguyen, a Vietnamese nail technician, at Unwin’s home in Shiney Row near Sunderland last August.The pair tortured her to get her bank pin numbers, before Unwin raped her. They then dumped her body in a car and set it alight while she was still alive. Guardian.               

Their victim, Quyen.

There are so many things here to sicken the heart to its very core:

1) Both were especially vile murderers even before what happened to Quyen.

2) The system insisted that they had to be released even though serving, what is laughingly called, a life sentence.

3) If you can take it - please study this horrific case and note how cold and calculated every part of it was.

4) They have been resentenced to life in prison. (How long for this time?)

5) Not a single person on the planet can ever say that Quyen would not have been alive today had they been executed for previous, heinous crimes.

6) Straightforward justice required that they should not continue to infest our world.

7) Where was the lex talionis in all of this? Their punishments manifestly do not fit their crimes.

8) They will be permitted a comfortable life in prison with menus, TV and privileges etc.

9) The taxpayer will end up with a bill for millions because we are too weak to put them down.

10) By their actions and their choices, they have sacrificed their entitlement to life.

11) There is not a single doubt as to their guilt in in the two murders committed by each.

12) Why are their rights to life more important than those of Quyen?

13) There is a moral imperative on society to mete out justice. Simply caging these animals is not justice by any definition.

14) Who dares to say that their execution would not have served as a deterrent for many?

15) May I draw your attention to: Genesis 9:6; the lex talionis and Romans 13:4 - a mere chapter away from where the Scriptures have told man not to take revenge. There is very clearly a huge distinction between revenge and retribution. Revenge is personal; retribution is neutral and administered by society.

16) May I remind readers that many criminals due to hang repented of their sins before God when they realised that eternity was imminent. There is no such immediate pressure on those living a comfortable life when incarcerated.