Matthew Shepard was robbed, pistol whipped, tortured, tied to a fence in a remote, rural area, and left to die. Still tied to the fence, Shepard was discovered 18 hours later by Aaron Kreifels, who initially mistook Shepard for a scarecrow.
Although that awful murder was nearly twelve years ago and was in America it appears we have not grown up as a society anymore than the Americans.
Last week in East Kilbride, Jack Frew and a friend Craig Roy were walking home when it appears they were set upon by a gang and Jack was murdered - the gang had slit his throat like the cowards they are.
Now, his friend Craig is still in hospital, I like many others wish him a speedy and full recovery. Craig will need a lot of love and support over the coming days, weeks, months and even years from those around him.
It utterley sickens me that this kind of needless attack and murder has taken place, Jack Frew had his life ahead of him and by the sounds of the reports and comments from friends about him it should have been a healthy and bright future.
Jack Frew was comfortable in his life and with his sexuality, just because other peoples were not, he has now lost his lfe.
The headteacher of Duncanrig Secondary school has paid tribute to Jack Frew:
"He was also a pupil whose personal qualities earned him the respect of both pupils and staff. Jack was a committed and conscientious young man on the brink of a bright future, with many opportunities open to him. He is a great loss to our school community. We grieve for him and his family who are in our thoughts as they come to terms with the loss of their son and brother."Whether Jack is gay is irrelevant they must, must find these cowards who attacked Jack and Craig, and then went on to murder Jack in cold blood.
These murderers must be brought to justice and quickly.
UPDATE: 20.13 May 9th
For friends of Jack Frew's, you may not know about this link for your online tributes.
I recall being bullied at my secondary school, Rushcliffe Comprehensive in West Bridgford about my sexuality, my response was to push one through a plate glass window, much to the shock of the sixth formers the other side.
I was also pursued by another bully for many a year, I used to get beat up fairly regularly by him, but never knew why, I always suspected it was because I was gay.
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http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/176283-teenager-due-in-court-over-east-kilbride-death/
jeezo , sad to think he did it, but at least we know whoever did it ain't still out there this is gna be even harder for friends of the pair ..my heart goes out to them all :( x and before anon starts sayin i told u so i aint sorry i didnt believe u ...as i said was waiting for it to come out on news ect b4 i believed anything
Can't believe Craig done it hope he loves jail!!!
What does "He made no plea or declaration and was remanded in custody" mean??
Can anyone explain
CONFIRMATION THAT IT WAS CRAIG
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/176283-teenager-due-in-court-over-east-kilbride-death/
It means that he's not said that he's guilty or not guilty yet. There will be further court appearances. Remanded in custody means that he's being kept in jail until next court appearance and ruling.
what a waste of two young lives , and right on our doorstep :(
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8672131.stm
BBC confirm
It wasn't Craig. I have irrefutable proof that it wasn't him. I say this for Heather's sake, that's why I'm not posting evidence. Just trust me Heather.
that is the most ridiculous comment :s how can you say it was not him when it has been stated by both the bbc and stv explicitly that CRAIG ROY has been charged. They wouldnt just name someone
Because the police charged craig with the murder.
then again just because they have charged him doesnt always mean he did it.... perhaps they are charging him because they have no evidence that anyone else did it. But then why wouldn't he plea at court.... is looking very much like it was him ...but is still early days
Yous just don't want to believe it was Craig do yous! Is confirmed that it is
This has been a terrible crime & one that has shocked us all to the core. Unfortunately it looks as if the police have found the guilty party in Craig Roy. I appreciate why Jack & Craigs friends have taken this latest news so hard but the police would not be charging him unless they were sure of it. It is in no ones interests for them just to blame him if they dont have the evidence to support it. I understand why people may think "perhaps they are charging him because they have no evidence that anyone else did it" but the reality is this crime has shocked EVERYONE including the police force & everyone wants the right person brought to task for it.
Jack was a wonderful boy & will be missed by all.
OMG i cant believe this. i was one of the people who earlier criticised the guy for making up rumours and now i find out that he was telling the truth its just crazy. why would craig do this???
This is so so sad, I heard on Friday that Craig Roy was a suspect through a friend in the police but didn't want to believe it. He has admitted it though.
I'd like to add, can everyone lay off Heather Smith?! She's no older than the boy who was killed and she's showing maturity and loyalty beyond her years. Any of you would be loyal to such a close friend until you were forced to believe otherwise. Imagine how much harder it is for her to cope with the loss, she's now lost 2 friends in 2 different ways.
And anyone who she 'offended', you don't know the people involved, and you're old enough to get over it.
I am the person who posted at 18:50. Heather I do not know you but I have admired the way you have stood by your friend in all of this. It must be very difficult for you & all your friends but now is the time not to blame but to grieve. Craig will get all the help he needs in dealing with all he has done. It very hard to come to terms with the fact that maybe you didnt know someone as well as you thought. Jack has obviously had some wonderful friends in all of you but you must take the time to grieve & then start to rebuild. Jack had a promising future ahead of him & would want all of you to fulfil your future dreams.
Do it for Jack - reach to the stars where he is now in peace.
here here i totally agree! its bad enough they find out there friend has been killed never mind finding out it was another of there friends who did it , must be so hard to deal with if not impossible. I lost a friend when i was at school and i never stopped crying for months ...losing someone sooo young is the hardest thing to go thru in your life, my heart and thoughts go out too all Jacks friends and family xx
here here to the comment at 19:38 not the one at 20:19...grow up for gods sake !!!
One less emo to make alt cultures look bad,it aint all that bad.
Have a heart guys, Heather is 16years old and was Jack's best friend, honestly! Put yourself in her place, how would you feel? she's a young vulnerable girl trying to cope with such a terrible loss. It's different for adults who have more life experience. She believed the conflicting information that was in the media for all to see RIP Jack x
The 20:40 comment was totaly uncalled for. As for what heather was saying, she should of just ignored all the comments that she didn't agree with unless she was 100% sure she knew what she was talking about. Now she has left herself wide open to be abused by anyone sick enough to do so on this blog.
I miss Jack :(, RIP babes ! ily xxxxxxxxxx
I wish everyone would just stop with the rumours and wait to see what happens. And stop giving Heather shit, she's had a lot to deal with. It's far easier to assume it was a gang of neds than someone you thought was genuine and nice. Some of us have to deal with Jack's death and then sit some of the most important exams of our lives in 2 days.
i cant believe some of the comments on this blog, whatever happened to cofidentiallity???? As i work in a hospital i know that it is forbidden to talk about patient's confidential information , never mind it being leaked by the police aswell, Both family's must be going through hell at this time,
re: issues about confidentiality.
The fact that Roy was a suspect was not a police secret and would have been "public" knowledge if it hadn't been for the cover-up story about him being in ICU. (Incidentally, I think it was right to have a cover-up). People generally don't announce these things on the internet until the press does, in case he is innocent (remember he was a suspect, not proven guilty) and someone takes it upon themselves to take the law into their own hands. Bear in mind lots of people (nurses, police etc and witnesses) knew as early as the day it happened.
However, I think nurses' confidentiality laws prevent them from naming their patients and details of their illnesses/injuries. I could be wrong.
Can't stop thinkin about why this boy would do such a thing .....going thru it in my head , why the hell did he have a knife, he obv thought about the whole thing b4 he did it, and what was craigs reason? this boy must have serious mental issues..if it is over a boy ... i have been hurt by ppl in the past and i mean really hurt but i could never go to lengths of killing someone!i just cannot get my head around this tragedy at all, lookin at this roy's picture ...he looks pretty similar to Jack, cnt think why a young Gay man would be carrying a knife around with him , you would expect this from neds...but not a young emo type schoolboy, its just so awful and unbelievable! i mean did he think he would get away with doing it...didnt he know he was throwing his life away .So many ppl wanting to know what really happened to poor Jack and why ...but maybe we will never know the whole truth :(
Mrs D. (staff nurse, Hairmyres)
you are clearly not a nurse, Mrs D. A staff nurse would not breach patient confidentiality as they would know they would be sacked and charged under the data protection act.
If you are a staff nurse at Hairmyers I would suggest you start looking for a new job!
As a gay Scot who went to secondary school in England I went through years of racist and homophobic bullying. This was in the most middle class of areas and I have never really recovered. Homophobia is rife in British schools.
Some of my family are from EK. Hopefully the town can put this behind them.
Andrew, I don't feel that this blog post and its replies which both contain such wild and inaccurate speculation is very helpful. Nor does any of it reflect very well on yourself. Perhaps you should consider removing it.
my deepest sympathy 2 both familys both familys have lost sons and need the help and support of the comunity cant emagine what both r going through as a parent of a 16y old i feel devastsated for both sets of parents both boys seam to have very bright futures how sad so i send support to both
So has it all came out yet that Craig done it? But why who he be a suspect if he didn't have something to do with it
tbh i think most people sayin theyr nurses or know sum1 in the police are just sayin that 2 sound impresseive lol. rip jack frew, so tragic.
It's not confirmed that Craig Roy has done it, but is it true that he attacked his 'boyfriend'
WHAT EVER HAPPEND TO INNOCENT TILL PROVEN GUILTY (by a court) i think thats the law of the land what i read on here i think we have went back in time by 150 yeers
innocent until proven guilty i think we all know that Craig Roy is GUILTY he murdered his friend in cold blood and he deserves everything he gets
ask ur self WHERE U THERE? DID I SEEN IT WITH MY OWN EYES ? IF U DIDNT THEN U DONT NO FACT! DONT LISTEN TO SPECULATION
Don't listen to speculation he is up at court and HAS been charged with murder i think that just screams GUILTY to me what a lonely life he will have but i do not feel sorry for him i feel sorry for Jack's parents for all their pain they have endured
the key word is CHARGED not found guilty lots of people have been charged with thinks and not been found guilty so i repeat unless u were there dont listen 2 speculation because that is all it is and i no that is a hard think 2 do both
Well i just hope we find out WHO done it and WHY they done it, Jack did not deserve to die in such a horrific way, they way that he died was just evil and if it was his friend that done it then just goes to show you don't really know your friends
dif annon in answere 2 2 above both sets of parents r going through different types of hell both nead support after all none of them asked to be in this situation how do u deal with any of the situations both familys need different support in this tragect situation
Does anyone know if Craig has actually been found guilty? Has he admitted to it? What was his sentence and more importantly, why did he do it?
does anyone know what is happening with the trial, it seems as if hes got away with murder!!
COurt case now set for 3rd May 2011
As far as I'm aware he is still to appear in court. These things take time and they need to make sure they have all evidence to build a solid case, although you can appeal against a guilty verdict its not possible to take back an innocent verdict as you cannot be tried for the same crime twice unless theres irrefutable new evidence that comes to light, but after all this time that sounds pretty doubtful. The jury only need to have the slightest doubt to have a not guilty verdict, so its a big risk to go on circumstantial evidence alone. It will definately go to trial, and what happens after that is anyones guess, hopefully justice will be done and finally Jacks family and friends can try to move on.
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