Wray explains McCormick decision (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)

• "Lets get some perspective on this based on FACT rather than emotions that are running high on here.
  
  Firstly anyone who followed his trial and seen footage on You tube will know that he admitted his guilt and showed remorse straight away on the M6. He said ‘I fell asleep, I’m so sorry’. At least he admitted his crime unlike Hughes, who was probably drunk, but did not stop at the scene and only handed himself in once the alcohol was out of his system.
  
  We live in the most tolerant society in the world, which we should be proud about. Encapsulated within that is that a decent society doesn’t just turn its back on offenders. It should help reform and rehabilitate. Luke McCormick deserves the same. Least not forget Nelson Mandela was once a terrorist.
  
  As for the people saying he shouldn’t play football, comes from the pure jealously that this lad’s talent is football. If he can earn good money, he should be allowed to. It’s an option available to all human beings, to make the best of yourselves.
  
  Why should STFC differentiate and separate themselves from any other employer who takes on people who have come out of prison?
  
  For the record Luke McCormick is a very good keeper and I saw him play for PAFC many times. Should he win us a penalty shootout against Man U in the FA Cup next year, the first people to praise him will be those on this site mocking him.
  
  To those threatening to tear up their season tickets, haven’t we heard this all before when PDC joined and many liberalities said the same? I don’t hear people complaining about his political views now? I wonder how many actually carried out their promise last year, and then kept it.
  
  Also to those who’ve threatened to tear up their season tickets, you should also apply your code to all other moral instances. Do you wear clothes that were made in a sweat shop by 6 year olds, is any of your furniture made from wood from the Amazon, do you shop at stores or do business with companies who employ past offenders?
  Can any of you also claim you’ve never driven under the influence, even the morning after? There would be very few people who can actually claim ‘I am holier than thou’.
  
  Were any of you publically outraged with the recent case of the asylum seeker who killed that girl but then wasn’t deported?
  
  Our club should be rewarded for taking this stance on this issue. He has paid his debt to society, if you don’t like it, stand to be an MP and campaign to have higher prison sentences. You can also turn your back on all other offenders and bring back corporal punishment.
  
  I am not downplaying what Luke McCormick did: he killed two young boys and thankfully I don’t have to say this to the faces of the boys’ family. But a decent, democratic, moral and tolerant society should help Luke McCormick back into this society. We also have no right to dictate to Luke McCormick should do."
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