[Closed] David Rathband RIP

Sad.

I hope he is at peace now, tragic end to someones life.

You could see it coming though, a terrible shame and hopefully he has found peace

Very sad news

RIP 🙁

RIP. Shame it couldn't have been the fat **** who made a gun sign behind his back instead.

In a way you could say you could see it coming however it was a total shock when I saw his picture on the news and the news reader start to read his name then.. 🙁

RIP PC Rathband, that scumbag Moat finally got what he wanted huh?

Shame.

Very sad! Rip

Poor fella.... RIP

Rip. I was shocked to hear this, very sad outcome,my thoughts are with his family.

RIP

I see this as a man killed in the line of duty, nothing more or less. Although a shock, it's not a surprise.

RIP, a very sad end.

Yeah, terribly sad. Thoughts to the family.

In a way you could say you could see it coming

Let me think, he went from full time employment and being able to see, happily married with a great family life, to separated after losing his job and his sight and his family.

Living on his own with more and more despondent tweets, yes, you could see it coming, as brutal as it sounds, doesn't alter the fact that he needed more support than he got in the final few weeks

double post

This sounds a tad callous but when Gazza finally goes I wont shed a tear.

Very sad news - he was obviously very troubled since losing his sight. I hope he has found his peace - RIP.

This sounds a tad callous but when Gazza finally goes I wont shed a tear.

WTF?

Thoughts are with his wife, kids and friends.

Very tragic story - taken away from his family by a total coward.

I didn't know him but his optimism he showed after the tragic event was so inspiring. RIP 🙁

He lived not far from me, the people of the North East have an awful lot of time for him. I will do some fundraising event for his charity as a mark of respect.

Hora - how can i put it.... **** off with that gazza stuff. Whats that got to do with it?

No I was just thinking about the events and him offering to take him food and alcohol. How their lives were different, how a while back David Rathband was charged over a domestic incident of course brought about by what had happened to him. The support? Was it there? Whereas Gazza has had a life where he lived to excess, hit out drunk and was he vilified in the public eye over this? Like I said, it just got me thinking of others involved/the whole situation.

Very sad news ,such a shame.

In a way you could say you could see it coming

He didn't.

A real shame, hat's off to him for what he achieved in the last couple of years, it's impossible for something like that not to irreparably alter ones life, and at least he was more pro-active on the charity stuff than most of us will ever be.

Genuinely shocked by this news. What a sad end. RIP.

This sounds a tad callous but when Gazza finally goes I wont shed a tear.

WTF + 1

Nice, very nice.

Where was the support structure? After suffering such a trauma in the line of duty I assume the force provided councelling to help him get to grips with his new life. If not, shame on them.

I think he did not recieve the support that such a tragedy like he suffered required. The extra demands on his physical and mental state and media attention that the whole saga created were not dealt with correctly . He was let down.

Wasn't that why he set up the charity for folk injured in the line of duty, because that support wasn't there?

As if any support or counselling could compensate for being blinded.

RIP, very sad, virtually no support offered to him IMO.

Hora, you could argue that 'Gazza' had similair problems to Rathband, acute depression, very little support from his employers when he was an alcoholic, he has been very ill and listening to interviews with him, he is far from proud with his involvement with Moat.

Heard it on the news this morning. Heartbreaking. Poor sod.

This sounds a tad callous but when Gazza finally goes I wont shed a tear.

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Before we condemn the lack of support, it might be useful if there was a bit more info on what help he actually received or was offered.

Regardless of that, it is very sad indeed. RIP

Can we not bring Gazza or any of that other bitchy stuff into it. This is about PC David RATHBAND and his tragic loss of live. The whole incident is horrific, Chris BROWN lost his life as a result of a murderous act, PC RATHBAND went on to suffer horrific life changing injuries, that if I'm honest I don't think I would ever be able to deal with. Followed by Peter BOATMAN, the director of Pro-Tect systems that had provided the force wit hteh tasers, he went on to commit suicide too.

A horrific incident all round. You have to remember how much support can you offer? I think (from reading PC RATHBAND's book) he was offered support but if mentally you can't deal with it, you don't tell people, they have no idea, what can you do?

Hora, I don't think PC RATHBAND was ever charged with the assault. either way it really doesn't matter now.

Thoughts go out to his wife and kids.

Can we not bring Gazza or any of that other bitchy stuff into it.

The OP already did. 🙄

Well said Munqe-chick

Well put Munqe chick

Doesn't matter who brought him in this isn't a time or place for a discussion on that idiot, or frankly any other idiots during the course of that tragic incidnet. This is a time to reflect on what happened, and thinking about supporting PC Rathband's colleagues, friends, family and anyone else traumatised by it.

Then don't do something incendiary like call Gazza an idiot.

nudge?

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this. Give it a rest Hora.

The rugby club, soldier on regardless, man up, mentality in the Police force did for one of my mates a few years back. Its loads better now, but it remains self evident that David Rathbone did not receive the support he needed. That is shameful and if nothing else good comes from this, lets hope that lesson being finally learnt is that thing. God forbid anyone else has to go this way.

Gutted.

Hopefully the two are completely unconnected, but a friend of mine who had known pc rathband for years died last week whilst waiting for a heart transplant, I really hope hearing of this loss didn't compound mr Rathbands own grief, as both are in awful circumstances and very sad

What M-C said
Tragic tragic events caused by a murderous scumbag

Ok can we kindly park Gazza please.

PC Rathband was always clear that the support he received from the Chief Constable was above and beyond what he expected. She been speaking and breaks down at the end. He openly criticized the Federation for lack of support and he should never have been put inthe situation he ended up in. Either way we can speculate all we like it is horrific and may he rest in peace. I feel for his children.

PC Rathband was always clear that the support he received from the Chief Constable was above and beyond what he expected

I certainly don't want to get into an argument about this, as I know it to be true, but strangely that's what my mate said too. Clearly though PC Rathband wasn't happy with the support he received as he set up a charity so that others wouldn't go through what he'd been through, (his words and he wasn't talking about the actual incident), and the bottom line is that whatever way you turn it up, the outcome indicates he needed more than he got.

Lets not forget that the **** moat was responsible and lets do the discussion on support another day/thread.

He didn't get the support he could have had and he was aware of that. Bits of advice, offers of an elbow for mobility just aren't enough and no amount of goodwill was going to get him through his most desperate days. Very, very sad, he was badly failed by the people who should have helped him.

I'd say the support or lack was responsible, not Moat, focussing on him helps no one.

Junkyard +1

Al, Moat bears ALL responsibility for this. However having someone to blame does not detract from the fact that PC Rathband was injured and died needlessly. I hope he has finally found peace.

al I think we can safely say if he had not been shot in the face by that **** we would not be having this discussion and he would not have needed support.
whether the support was sufficient or not is another issue and I would say this thread is not the place for that discussion

I disagree, no one could have stopped Moat, but services could easily exist to help his victim.

Saying otherwise goes against Policemen etc who have been failed in this way IMO

Lots of people are failed by so called society, good people ,bad people,children,and people who work for public servcies,the self employed and the unemployed, its down to cash at the end of the day, and having the time and resources to help.

Al. Moat could have stopped Moat. He made choices, he actioned those choices.

You're not listening, I'm not bothering any more.

I've been upset about this ever since I heard about it. Partly the déjà vu aspect, but mainly the horrible inevitability of it. It didn't take a genius to see where it was going.

Sorry Al. Re-read your posts, misunderstanding acknowledged.

RIP. Thank you for the job you do for us. Its not paid enough but its worth is much more.

Cool.

Sad and tragic news and a real shame. Hope his charity continues in his memory. hopefully he's happy and in peace in heaven.