Mother sets daughter’s gloating rapist afire

When I read this story, I immediately thought of this quote from Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson) in A Time to Kill:

Yes, they deserved to die and I hope they burn in hell!

From the story:

Alicante (Spain), June 26: A Spanish mother has taken revenge on the man who raped her 13-year-old daughter at knifepoint by dousing him in petrol and setting him alight. He died of his injuries in hospital on Friday.

Antonio Cosme Velasco Soriano, 69, had been sent to jail for nine years in 1998, but was let out on a three-day pass and returned to his home town of Benejúzar, 30 miles south of Alicante, on the Costa Blanca.

While there, he passed his victim’s mother in the street and allegedly taunted her about the attack. He is said to have called out “How’s your daughter?”, before heading into a crowded bar.

Shortly after, the woman walked into the bar, poured a bottle of petrol over Soriano and lit a match. She watched as the flames engulfed him, before walking out.

The woman fled to Alicante, where she was arrested the same evening. When she appeared in court the next day in the town of Orihuela, she was cheered and clapped by a crowd, who shouted “Bravo!” and “Well done!”

Well done, indeed. As the AofG suggested, this woman should be selected Woman of the Year rather then be locked up in prison.

Posted by Robbie Cooper on Tuesday, June 28th, 2005 | Trackback |