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kips 9:03 Mon Jul 27
Body found of 7 year old

The death of missing seven-year-old Conley Thompson, whose body has been found on a building site, is believed to have been accidental.

Conley vanished after playing with friends in Locke Park, a mile away from the site and about two miles away from his home in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

Police said Conley had gone to play at about 6pm on Sunday and was due to return home around two hours later, but never turned up.

Please tell me it's just me but it sounds very much like a 7 year old little boy was expected to walk 2 miles home alone at 8.00 o'clock in the evening. How can this be?

Kenny Powers 9:12 Mon Jul 27
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Parents should be locked up.

Buster 9:13 Mon Jul 27
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I can't even begin to try and understand what the fuck the parents were doing. Tragic news but they need to be held accountable for their actions.

And they only got worried enough to report it at 10pm when he hadn't returned?? He was 7 years old ffs.

Nurse Ratched 9:31 Mon Jul 27
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Just tragic.

There can't be many parents who would take this sort of risk these days, but on holidays in the 70s I was allowed to wander on my own for the whole day and early evening on the Isle of Sheppey from the age of about 7. Beaches, marshes, cliffs, and coves exposed at low tide and underwater within minutes when the tide came back in. I absolutely loved it.

Poor little Conley.

Darlo Debs 9:34 Mon Jul 27
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I was thinking that when i heard the news. Mine were only allowed to play with neighbours kids in their houses at that age. If they were out playing it was just where i could see them when i was sitting outside my door.

This is shocking...poor little sod.

BigLump 9:35 Mon Jul 27
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As Nurse said it is tragic, and yes I too had the freedom to roam when I was a kid.

To my mates, out on bikes all day.

Its a different world. If I said to my 9 year old she had to walk to school tomorrow, she'd look at me like I was a martian (plus point out school had broken up already).

Kenny Powers 9:36 Mon Jul 27
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Mine are 11 & 13 and I'm still paranoid about where they are.

MrCrowmanSir 9:37 Mon Jul 27
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The names of these children always tell the story, I also heard his grandma on the wireless earlier. I'm sorry but you just know what kind of parents they are.

Crassus 9:42 Mon Jul 27
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''The names of these children always tell the story''

Like Maddy you mean?

MrCrowmanSir 9:48 Mon Jul 27
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No, that's a different story but these types of council estate families are uneducated and a lot them should be sterilised or at least have set rules imposed upon them.

Crassus 9:53 Mon Jul 27
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Mr C

I know mate and agree, poor little bugger

Albeit, but for the grace of God there went us and our mates when we were kids but that was a long time ago i guess, and we had great parents - really did although they observed a strict street light rule that we all complied with

MrCrowmanSir 9:58 Mon Jul 27
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We all used to get up to mischief when we were younger, but mostly we'd play football over the park until dusk. But we never went near the railway lines or building sites or electricity stations. It's probably watching those public information films that scared the life out of us. No doubt they are banned now because they are not PC.

This poor kid should not have been on his own on a building site, I blame the parents.

Darlo Debs 9:58 Mon Jul 27
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Clearly they have no common sense, but sterilization seems a bit harsh. Oddly the law is really not enforced regarding curfews. (If there is one) for young children. If parents aren't prepated to set them curfews and set them sensibly then it should be treated as child neglect. The devil will be in the detail but, I don't think many would disagree that letting a 7 yr old walk 2 miles home at 8pm is neglectful.

MrCrowmanSir 10:02 Mon Jul 27
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AGree debs, the reason I say about sterilisation is because it's about breaking the cycle.

Crassus 10:09 Mon Jul 27
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Steriliziation is not harsh at all - unless you consider stifling the chosen career path of the feckless as such

I am sure young Conley will be replaced at the next in season opportunity by Skye, Chardonnay or Merlin and uite possibly of a different complexion

Very sad for the poor bastard offspring that are delivered to such

Feed Me Chicken 10:29 Mon Jul 27
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"She said: 'All I have heard at the moment is that he went down a pipe. He'd apparently gone in at the top and slipped down, and went into a vertical pipe. He must have died trying to get out.
'He's been known to go in there [the construction site] before and we've told him not to go in. It was raining and we just expected him to come home. His mother is devastated, we all are. We will all miss him, he was a lovely little lad."

7 years old for fuck sake!!

lowlife 12:37 Tue Jul 28
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'he's been known to go in there before and we've told him not to go in.....'

What a horrendous thing for a family member to say. You should have fucking stopped him going in there then. Clearly trying to absolve herself and the family of blame.

Jesus wept. 7 years old and she's effectively saying 'nowt to do with me, it's his own fault'

Mr Polite 12:56 Tue Jul 28
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I've been at work all day and have witnesses to attest to the fact.


#JustSayin'

, 12:57 Tue Jul 28
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Sounds to me like this feral child was in need of responsible parenting.

The Ghost of Braderz 1:02 Tue Jul 28
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I think when I turned 7 Id only just been deemed as competent to pour my own soft drinks.

Nurse Ratched 1:04 Tue Jul 28
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I agree. But from what he tells us, at least he has a job.

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