From the editor’s desK
John Nowak was the number two
soccer writer on the Daily Mirror when I
commenced my cadetship.
We became great mates and stayed
firm friends after he left journalism a few
years later to get into the rag trade.
His office was just around the corner
from the Daily Horror and his secretary
was Fleur, an absolutely stunning beauty
with a sparkling personality. Just a lovely
person!
A couple of years later, Fleur didn’t
show up for work for a couple of days and
couldn’t be contacted.
We were worried and were to call the
police if she didn’t front the following day.
Well in she walked and introduced us
to her new boyfriend – a skinny, unkempt
bloke with the personality of a block
of Cheddar cheese. Both Nowie and I
wondered what she saw in the bloke.
Cutting a long story short, over the
next few months, Fleur began to shed
weight alarmingly and her work became
slipshod. Enquiries revealed that the
new bastard of a boyfriend was a heroin
addict and had introduced Fleur to its
“delights”.
Over the next few months we tried
everything to get Fleur back on track but
she eventually left work and moved out of
her apartment and out of our lives.
Just a couple of months later, one of
her acquaintances came to Nowie’s office
and told him Fleur had died as the result
of an overdose.
So you can well understand my
abhorrence of anyone who pedals drugs
such as heroine and ice.
They ruin many lives, not only their
clients’ but those of their extended
families and all who love them.
But I cannot condone the death
penalty for anyone in this day and age –
no matter what their crime.
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukamaran
had no sympathy for the plight of their
victims and are condemned for that
but to condemn them to death is just so
barbaric.
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