Meet the Gallows Salesman.

Posted by Alex in Crime & Law on May 11, 2006 at 1:04 pm


Meet David Lucas, a farmer from Mildenhall, Suffolk, UK. He has been selling gallows to African countries with deplorable human rights records for about 10 years.

The execution equipment he says he sells ranges from single gallows, at about £12,000 each, to "Multi-hanging Execution Systems" mounted on lorry trailers, costing about £100,000.

Amnesty [International] said the export of gallows, which will be made illegal by an EC regulation in July, was "appalling".

But Mr Lucas said the trade was not sick and "business is business". He added some people deserved the death penalty.

Link (via Fortean Times)

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10 comments to "Meet the Gallows Salesman."

  1. Guse
    May 11th, 2006 at 1:19 pm

    "He added some people deserved the death penalty."

    but you do not deserve to profit from that. I can't figure out which is more twisted!!!

  2. Alex
    May 11th, 2006 at 1:52 pm

    Is anyone as bothered as I am with mobile the multi-hanging execution system?

  3. Loopy Loo
    May 11th, 2006 at 2:22 pm

    Let's see how he likes hanging from one of the gallows he made.

    And, yes, the mobie system bothers me, too. It's like they're driving around looking for any opportunity to hang people.

  4. bakerstreet
    May 11th, 2006 at 2:52 pm

    I totally agree, Alex. Outrageously expensive. Much cheaper to buy a single system and hire a chap to sling it on the back of a truck.

  5. Alex
    May 11th, 2006 at 11:22 pm

    hehehe bakerstreet! smart*ss! :)

  6. Changing Way » Blog Archive » Gallows Humour
    May 12th, 2006 at 8:48 am

    [...] I found the story thru Cory’s post at BoingBoing. He in turn found it at Neatorama (yes, I know). [...]

  7. SoloLace
    May 14th, 2006 at 2:38 pm

    DAVID MAURICE LUCAS
    ELDON FARMS
    ERISWELL ROAD HOLYWELL ROW
    MILDENHALL
    SUFFOLK
    IP28 8NA

  8. Jaceq
    May 15th, 2006 at 3:34 am

    As he said "some people deserved the death penalty." then
    this is good market niche, every man must bring home to bacon....

  9. Neatorama » Blog Archive » Chinese Death Van.
    June 17th, 2006 at 11:36 am

    [...] Remember a previous post on Neatorama on mobile gallows in Africa? Well, China took it one step further. Executions there are carried out in a more modern fashion: in a mobile execution chamber inside a "death van" that shuttles from town to town. Makers of the death vans say the vehicles and injections are a civilized alternative to the firing squad, ending the life of the condemned more quickly, clinically and safely. The switch from gunshots to injections is a sign that China "promotes human rights now," says Kang Zhongwen, who designed the Jinguan Automobile death van … [...]

  10. some white guy
    November 16th, 2006 at 9:25 am

    great idea! hang everyone!


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