Steede was in the habit of either rejecting counseling help that was offered or of contributing to his own problems by his use and misuse of alcohol and cannabis.

@Sister, it seems that you care a lot about your brother. I challange you to incourage him to take advantage of the help that is available to him instead of shutting it down and it hasn’t even been tried by him. If he hasn’t sort help for himself by the time he gets out, please continue to encourage him to seek help before he commits a more serious crime. I am a mother too and I will be watching for when he is released because while he is your brother he may not seem scary to you but he makes a lot of women/children in the neighborhood very uncomfortable. I am very concerned for the saftey of my teen daughter when he is around. I am not being judgemental, I am just telling you what others in the neighborhood aren’t telling you. Please keep him off the streets when he is released so he is not tempted to commit even more serious crimes to young women.

Are you not judging yourself? Reread your post.

i knew your brother before the accident and believe me he was already engaging in anti-social behaviour then. how do you think he got into Co-Ed?

he may not have been speeding (no one said he was) but address the fact that he was both high and drunk that night. i KNOW this.

If he is so depressed about losing his good friend then why the hell is he continuously harassing other females? That doesn’t even make sense.

You can act like your brother is a certain way to those that don’t know him but if you read the other postings of those people who do know him, it is quite evident that he is someone that people fear will harm them and others. What does that say?

It is not society’s responsibility to get him help, it is his family’s and particularly the one who born and raised him.Many people know your mother and would not come to her personally as they as well as the magistrate can see through her.

This Sunday when you go act fake and pretend you are a good person, pray for your brother.

“Lordsaint” maybe you should another read of what I have posted. I am not defending this young man (that you refer to as a loser) I am merely stating facts.
1.) We have no right to past judgement because at the end of the day HE is going to be held accountable for HIS actions and HE must answer to a higher being and 2.) The facilities and services we have here will not suffice in servicing him.

I have every right to express my opinion just as you have been able to express yours! my apologies if my FACTS offend you. Another fact is that we will never ever all agree on any topic that is presented.

I don’t think one person that was/is a parent can say that they have done everything right but what you can say is that I did or am doing my best.

At a point in life “yes” everyone Man or Woman needs to be responsible for their actions as an individual. Whether or not you think this is condoned or concealed we are not in a position to judge or as I have read post blame on the mother here.

Her son is 23 and needs to suffer the consequence as the judge has laid down for his actions.

As it stands we obviously have another family that is hurting in our island that we need to surround with love and encouragement not strict judgment.

What I am asking is that we not harden our hearts to the mother or sister or any other family members in this situation. If you are angry with the case and what happened then be mad at the person convicted of the crime.

PS. No I am not related to this family in anyway. I just feel for the mother and I don’t feel that she deserves all of the ridiculing that she is getting.

Thanks BDA

“Defence lawyer Peter Farge said Steede suffered from psychological problems, particularly after being the rider in the bike accident that killed 15-year-old Krystle Maya Babon in 2005.”

I knew this guy back when he was in Co-Ed before his so called ‘psychological’ problems started with Maya’s death and he was already a bad seed. He was refusing to take responsibility for himself then and also did everything possible to hamper the progress of the other inmates who were trying to do something better for themselves.

I AM a mother and I will be the harshest judge of my child and her behaviour. That is my job so that she becomes a positive force to herself, her family and society. If she doesn’t, it is MY fault – I will have failed.