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There are times when a law abiding citizen should have the right to carry a weapon, in order to defend himself.
The only thing Alan Decabral did to cost him his life, was to have the integrity and bravery to testify in court.
When you ban guns, the only people left with them, are criminals and the government!
Criminals will always have access to weapons (ordinary citizens possessing weapons, are thus criminals), and the government will not necessarily be around to protect you, in your moment of need.
I am not a weird gun freak, paranoid or anti-government. I just believe that this is a terrible tragedy, with an outcome that will go a long way to influence the actions of witnesses of an event of a similar nature in the future (including any witnesses to this attack).
Noye trial witness shot dead
A witness at the trial of M25 killer Kenneth Noye has been shot dead.
Alan Decabral defied death threats earlier this year to give evidence that led to Noye being jailed for life for the murder of Stephen Cameron.
Mr Decabral was shot at 1337 BST on Thursday in the passenger seat of a car parked between two other vehicles at a busy shopping centre.
A man in his early twenties wearing a light green jacket was seen running away from the Warren Retail Park, in Ashford, Kent, a police spokeswoman said.
As he walked past my car he nodded to me as if to say: 'That sorted him out'
"Anyone who saw him or indeed anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the incident room.
"We are appealing now for anyone at the retail centre and its car park between 12.30pm and 2pm today to contact us," she said.
Mr Decabral saw Noye stab 21-year-old Mr Cameron in a road rage incident on an M25 sliproad at Swanley, Kent, in May 1996.
At the trial at the Old Bailey, Mr Decabral, a Rolls-Royce driver, explained how he saw Noye hide a knife behind his back before lunging and stabbing Mr Cameron in the chest.
He told the court: "I saw a bright flash and I realised it was a knife because I could see the sun glinting off the blade."
Mr Decabral said Noye then closed the knife and walked past his car.
"As he walked past my car he nodded to me as if to say: 'That sorted him out, you've got yours mate', that sort of thing," he told the court.
Mr Decabral then called 999 before attempting to follow Noye's Land Rover Discovery.
He later helped police build up an e-fit picture of Mr Cameron's attacker and gave them a detailed description of what he was wearing.
In July this year Mr Decabral told the Sunday Mirror that he had been threatened in an attempt to stop him giving evidence in court.
The father-of-three said he was ordered by "gangsters" to "shut up or we will shut you up" and became "terrified" after three bullets were pushed through his letter box with another warning.
Mr Decabral said he had to shut down his vintage motorbike shop in Acton, west London, because he could not cope with his life being threatened, and later separated from his wife.
[This message has been edited by Cyclic Hotline (edited 06 October 2000).]
There are times when a law abiding citizen should have the right to carry a weapon, in order to defend himself.
The only thing Alan Decabral did to cost him his life, was to have the integrity and bravery to testify in court.
When you ban guns, the only people left with them, are criminals and the government!
Criminals will always have access to weapons (ordinary citizens possessing weapons, are thus criminals), and the government will not necessarily be around to protect you, in your moment of need.
I am not a weird gun freak, paranoid or anti-government. I just believe that this is a terrible tragedy, with an outcome that will go a long way to influence the actions of witnesses of an event of a similar nature in the future (including any witnesses to this attack).
Noye trial witness shot dead
A witness at the trial of M25 killer Kenneth Noye has been shot dead.
Alan Decabral defied death threats earlier this year to give evidence that led to Noye being jailed for life for the murder of Stephen Cameron.
Mr Decabral was shot at 1337 BST on Thursday in the passenger seat of a car parked between two other vehicles at a busy shopping centre.
A man in his early twenties wearing a light green jacket was seen running away from the Warren Retail Park, in Ashford, Kent, a police spokeswoman said.
As he walked past my car he nodded to me as if to say: 'That sorted him out'
"Anyone who saw him or indeed anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the incident room.
"We are appealing now for anyone at the retail centre and its car park between 12.30pm and 2pm today to contact us," she said.
Mr Decabral saw Noye stab 21-year-old Mr Cameron in a road rage incident on an M25 sliproad at Swanley, Kent, in May 1996.
At the trial at the Old Bailey, Mr Decabral, a Rolls-Royce driver, explained how he saw Noye hide a knife behind his back before lunging and stabbing Mr Cameron in the chest.
He told the court: "I saw a bright flash and I realised it was a knife because I could see the sun glinting off the blade."
Mr Decabral said Noye then closed the knife and walked past his car.
"As he walked past my car he nodded to me as if to say: 'That sorted him out, you've got yours mate', that sort of thing," he told the court.
Mr Decabral then called 999 before attempting to follow Noye's Land Rover Discovery.
He later helped police build up an e-fit picture of Mr Cameron's attacker and gave them a detailed description of what he was wearing.
In July this year Mr Decabral told the Sunday Mirror that he had been threatened in an attempt to stop him giving evidence in court.
The father-of-three said he was ordered by "gangsters" to "shut up or we will shut you up" and became "terrified" after three bullets were pushed through his letter box with another warning.
Mr Decabral said he had to shut down his vintage motorbike shop in Acton, west London, because he could not cope with his life being threatened, and later separated from his wife.
[This message has been edited by Cyclic Hotline (edited 06 October 2000).]
