Tuesday, August 30, 2005

BBC NEWS | England | Tyne | Killers 'knew of crying baby boy'

Killers 'knew of crying baby boy'

Many is the day that I find myself assessing how well I have prepared myself for fatherhood. I wonder to myself what the right approach will be in any given situation. I try to measure myself in terms of the qualities that a parent should have: humanity, patience, compassion, resilience and obviously love.

Then I read a story like this and I realise that the scale of human behaviour extends far beyond what I would normally imagine. I can only echo the words of the police officer in charge of investigating this case: "it is difficult to comprehend the wickedness of someone who could do such a thing...".