Your honor ladies and gentleman we are gathered here today to assess whether Michael lamb is guilty of 1st degree murder. Michael has no previous convictions; he has come from a good family background.
Michael lamb comes from a little farm outside Ballycastle in Co Antrim. He had a mother and father who didn't abuse him like Owens's father and mother had done to him. Michael had a desire to give his life for others because he knew taking Owen out of out of the country would be having terrible consequences. He did this because he wanted to give an abused child a better chance in life, by taking Owen away. Michael had a deep faith because he dedicated his life to the church. Michael wasn't a violent man. He didn't believe that violence sorted situations out. Michael was in opposition to Benedict's tactics, Benedicts tactics were "kill and cure", a little of God and a lot of fear. Owen Kane was an abused child. His father had beaten him when he would come in drunk, with weapons such as a belt, bamboo cane, and a piece of rubber pipe. Also if Owen wet the bed, Owens's father would take Owen and plunge him in to a cold bath, and sometimes even force his head underneath the water, shouting "this'll toughen you up, ya pissin' cissy. This was supposed to be Owens's father figure, but he acted more like a bully than a father. Owens's mother had once tried to kill him. One night Owens's mother had been drinking heavily and she had a man with her so she made Owen go to bed early. Usually when this happened Owen would sneak out of the window on to the flat roof and climb down the drainpipe, then through the backyard into the street but this night he stayed in and listen to what the man and his mother were saying until he fell a sleep. Then the door slammed and which woke Owen up. He lay awake waiting for his mother to go to bed. The door opened, Owen closed his eyes and pretended to be a sleep, and then he felt her pillowcase from beneath his head, and then suddenly he felt it close over his face, Owen began to struggle, and shout but she pinioned him tight where he lay. He thought he was having another fit, he screamed and gasped and managed to turn his head side ways, she try to force his head back into the pillow. He felt her hand and he bit it as hard as he could. She screamed and for a minute let go of him, Owen wriggled away, ran for light of the hall, as she shouted drunkly "if it wasn't for you ya wee shit." Is this what a mother does to their children if she can't get a man? Owen was the youngest brother of five. One was in the merchant's navy and the sixteen-year-old brother had just joined Free State army. This was a very dysfunctional family.
Michael lamb comes from a little farm outside Ballycastle in Co Antrim. He had a mother and father who didn't abuse him like Owens's father and mother had done to him. Michael had a desire to give his life for others because he knew taking Owen out of out of the country would be having terrible consequences. He did this because he wanted to give an abused child a better chance in life, by taking Owen away. Michael had a deep faith because he dedicated his life to the church. Michael wasn't a violent man. He didn't believe that violence sorted situations out. Michael was in opposition to Benedict's tactics, Benedicts tactics were "kill and cure", a little of God and a lot of fear. Owen Kane was an abused child. His father had beaten him when he would come in drunk, with weapons such as a belt, bamboo cane, and a piece of rubber pipe. Also if Owen wet the bed, Owens's father would take Owen and plunge him in to a cold bath, and sometimes even force his head underneath the water, shouting "this'll toughen you up, ya pissin' cissy. This was supposed to be Owens's father figure, but he acted more like a bully than a father. Owens's mother had once tried to kill him. One night Owens's mother had been drinking heavily and she had a man with her so she made Owen go to bed early. Usually when this happened Owen would sneak out of the window on to the flat roof and climb down the drainpipe, then through the backyard into the street but this night he stayed in and listen to what the man and his mother were saying until he fell a sleep. Then the door slammed and which woke Owen up. He lay awake waiting for his mother to go to bed. The door opened, Owen closed his eyes and pretended to be a sleep, and then he felt her pillowcase from beneath his head, and then suddenly he felt it close over his face, Owen began to struggle, and shout but she pinioned him tight where he lay. He thought he was having another fit, he screamed and gasped and managed to turn his head side ways, she try to force his head back into the pillow. He felt her hand and he bit it as hard as he could. She screamed and for a minute let go of him, Owen wriggled away, ran for light of the hall, as she shouted drunkly "if it wasn't for you ya wee shit." Is this what a mother does to their children if she can't get a man? Owen was the youngest brother of five. One was in the merchant's navy and the sixteen-year-old brother had just joined Free State army. This was a very dysfunctional family.
