In the mind's eye, his last sentencing was like the opening titles to the 1970s BBC sitcom,
Porridge. "Marlon Francis King, you are an habitual criminal, who accepts arrest as an occupational
hazard, and presumably accepts imprisonment in the same casual manner". It is now thirteen years
since King's first appearance before the beak and since then he has managed a further thirteen
criminal convictions, two of which have ended with him having the opportunity to recreate his
favourite scenes from the aformentioned TV show at his leisure.
Will everyone relax and give Charlie Davies a break. Does anyone even
comprehend what he went through? The extent of damage that was done to his body? We all see
now that Bob Bradley was without a doubt correct in not taking the striker to South Africa
but big deal.
