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Man beaten to death with his own bat

A GRANDFATHER was viciously beaten to death with his own bat while playing beach cricket after he challenged a group of men who were stealing drinks from his cooler.

Thugs pelted William John Rowe with beer bottles and then bashed him with the bat he and his family were using to play beach cricket on Christmas Day.

The brawl between the farmer and another group of Christmas revellers occurred about 9pm on Geraldton beach, north of Perth.
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Its a really shocking incident. A crowd of about 25 people attacked his family and killed the poor man. His future son-in-law was seriously injured too. I hope the killers get suitably punished.
 
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Mob mentality I'm afraid. No excuse but it happens, often over trivial things but it can be seen everyday.
 
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Its just a tragic story. And he was one of Adam Gilchrist's old friends, he was wearing a black arm band today during the test. just terrible, lock them away for good
 
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That is bloody awful. It is becoming a regular thing to hear these types of things on the news these days, unfortunately.
 
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jimmy33 said:
Its just a tragic story. And he was one of Adam Gilchrist's old friends, he was wearing a black arm band today during the test. just terrible, lock them away for good
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I just read that it was a friend of Gilchrist's.

He was also wearing pink gloves in support of Glenn McGrath's breast cancer charity.
 
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Shocking stuff what drives people to do such a sick thing, i still dont understand this mob/gang culture and dont think i ever will.
 
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those guys deserved to be locked away for their whole life. i feel really sorry for his family. the guy who hit him deserves to be hanged.
what kind of a man hits someone with the bat?
 
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If hes an old man and they were nicking drinks why didnt they just leg it with all the drinks or something, did they really need to smash him up.
 
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Things like this make me think that either God is really crude, or there is no god at all.
 
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how true manee. anywho the people who did it, to their credit, actually handed themselves. not that it was the right thing to do, but at least they did the right thing
 
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Have the Police made any progress by arresting the culprits.
Does anyone have any web-link to voice our concerns supporting the victim's family.
 
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The post above your's just said it...

They handed themselves in, a 14 year old and 16 year old, or something like that?
 
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i read that the families handed themselves in, although some more willing than others
 
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