Tuesday, December 22, 2009

I still believe there will be justice for Kirsty

I've been listening to a lot of KIRSTY MACCOLL songs the past couple days, as I prepare for a trip to LONDON.
This week, MacColl supporters announced plans to abandon efforts to more fully investigate the controversial Mexican boating accident that caused her death in 2000.
On Dec. 18, 2000, MacColl was in Cozumel, Mexico with her sons and partner James Knight. The group went diving in a specific area where boats were prohibited from entering.
A speedboat entered these restricted waters, just as the group was coming up from a dive.
MacColl saw the boat coming at top speed and pushed her son to safety but the boat struck and killed her.
The boat belonged to Guillermo Gonzalez Nova, one of Mexico's richest men. He was on board with several members of his family.
Although an employee claimed to have been driving the boat at the time, witnesses claimed Nova himself steered the craft into the group of the divers at high speed.
The employee was convicted of the crime and received a fine of $90 in lieu of a prison sentence.
The "JUSTICE FOR KIRSTY" effort aimed to have the case reopened, but Mexican authorities never fulfilled promises to do so.
MacColl's mother, Jean, said in a statement:
"I would like to thank everybody for their letters of support and understanding since we decided, sadly, to close the campaign. As the Mexicans were closing the case we had no alternative."
Few witnesses would step forward to testify against Nova.
"Wealth and power is a formidable weapon," Jean MacColl wrote.
As I listen to MacColl's great songs, I will continue to believe there will be justice done. If not on this world, then in the one beyond.

1 Comments:

Blogger smacky said...

Amen. She was SUCH a rare talent. Her voice and lyrics... we only get a handful each generation with talent like that. She is missed.

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