R.I.P Barry :(
You will be missed by the family.

God Bless Barry xxx Love to the family

R.I.P barry you will be missed loads. you were my a rock a few years ago never forget you

Its such a shame, i knew Barry a few years ago, my heart goes out to all his family.
He didn't deserve it x

RIP Barry

Crime never pays.

A friend told me today about how this man robbed him, and the abuse and apparently the bullying the town has been suffering from some of the Coopers family members for years.

Is the truth, this is what most people are saying and I dare to repeat it here.

let's not close our eyes and bury our heads in the sand, but open them very wide.

But as usual, I will temper my comment as personally I ignore the fine print of this man life, so will avoid making any direct judgment, I am not in a position to say anything bad about him from my own personal experience in Devizes

I knew vaguely this man and never had a problem with him. At all. He joked with me, and while I know now a lot more of what he has been up to (apparently), as any human being, he had a good side, my feeling is this is a huge waste of life, someone who had great kids and could have had such a nicer life!

The death of a young man in a small town like Devizes, the death of a young father by knife killing, is sign of two things:

- a terrible tragedy.

- and the failure of a whole community both to tackle the whole issue of petty crime and bullying(apparently) for years and to avoid such a sad end.

My family has always fought crime, the man who looked after my Dad was the boss of the gendarmes for decades in Nice, France. He arrested many big criminals, way way bigger than anyone in Devizes, some major leaders of International Mafia rings of many nationalities, but he was respected by everyone, including the criminals themselves, often he would go outside prison at the end of the sentence (very lengthy sometimes) and offer the ex-prisoner a meal and a a plan to start a fresh, nicer, clean life, I saw with my own eyes how all considered him as a friend. A true friend.

Basically, once you have paid your debt to society, you deserve a second chance.

Behind a troubled man there is always a human being. No matter what you have been up to in life, any human being deserves a thought and a prayer in the last hour of his life, specially if killed byanother human being.

So despite my disagreement with bullying and crime, I will join, if they don't mind, Mr. Cooper's family and friends in their sadness and sorrow. Of course, a lot less deep sorrow, I have only met the man a few times, never for too long, and I would not say he was one of my friends.

My sadness is genuine, as a Christian, is very sad and wholy unacceptable to learn of such horrible death of someone so young in a peaceful town like Devizes.

This town is a lot more peaceful than any place I have been before, people should be aware of it, in some areas of London, just to mention one place, the situation is about 5000 times worse, hate is the ruler...

The Police around here do a great job, myself have witnessed it in my own area, I have only compliments to them, to say the least.

Maybe is time for Barry's brothers and friends to reflect about all this, and consider this: is it worthy to end in such sad, very sad way by leading the kid of troubled life which most probably has lead to his death?

I renew my respects for the young man.

Personally, I have no bad story to tell about him, I heard terrible thigns about him today, but with me, he would always say hello in town, only once he made a "funny comment" to em and a friend of mine, but as he had a few drinks, I did not make much of it, and he APOLOGIZED when I mentioned this to him later on (yes he knew well how to do that, sometimes) and I had a coffee with the man years back, not really knowing the other side of his life.

I don't know, as far as I can tell, anyone else in his family, now it's a small town so who knows..

So it's only fair to talk about it, that good side of this chap, there is always two side of the coin in the life of anyone.

RIP.

Let's not forget the fight against bullies goes on not only in Devizes, but worldwide. Some will deserve a second chance IF and only IF they decide to change ways of life.

Food for thought.

www.myspace.com/jc_r
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The new web site fighting bullying and children abuse, worldwide. It must stop, now.

This web site mentions pedophilia as part of the targets, the most horrible form of child abuse: before anyone even suggest it, Barry certainly wasn't a pedophile. Not at all.

Web site myspace.com/jc underscore rom

Barry i'm gonna be honest you were a little ****, you did alot of things wrong and you upset a lot of people and you know you did but but no one wanted this for you, as much as you were a bugger you did not deserve this, i've known you and your family all my life and your mum n mine were very close friends and it's very sad what's happened, i wish you could of turned your life around. I really feel for your mum she has gone through so much and i hope this will make your brothers think about the things they do in future. Come on you boy's think about this and try and turn your lives around, it doesn't need to be like this, In respect of your brother turn your lives around, you dont need to live like this, you have a loving family behind you, don't make history repeat it's self your mum has been through enough. my thought's are with Linda and the family.

Well justjc, you obviously are a person who never uses just one word where a long rambling paragraph will do the job just as well!

how sad

Well Walter, is nice to see that in a TRIBUTE page, you say NOTHING about Barry.

I have wrote thousands of pages about bullying and its consequences, and you won't even believe the amount of videos, films, pictures, recordings that will appear in the next few weeks all over the place a bout bullying.

And is not you stopping me, I was bullied myself when I was a little kid by a teacher, and speaking out as much as you want is part of the healing.

I won't say no more though, I expect YOU now to hopefully say a bit more than one word about a father who just lost his life.

Unless it seems you have nothing to say.

"One word would do the job" sounds to me "you MUST do things in this way or that way". You tellling me what I should say or not say, and for how long.

Not having any of it.

But I did light a candle for the man last night for one hour, and will know contemplate silence.

Somethings maybe is better to say nothing at all.

Better?

Don't worry justjc - walter's mission in life is to comment sarcastically about others, that is all he ever does on this site.

Any murder is terrible, my sympathies to all involved.

Sorry Walter I have to say it, if you have nothing better to say then shut up!
My deepest condolences to the family x

Barry is my cousin and we were in the same year at school. Sure, he was not perfect but who is?? He will be sadly missed by ALL his family and friends. My condolences to his mum, Linda, his brothers, Kevin, Tim Jason and his sister Melissa.

R.I.P Barry.

sympathy to the family,lets not forget baggot

Juding by the tributes left he was a caracter.
rest in peace.
thought to his family at there tragic loss.

bsby666 wrote:
Sorry Walter I have to say it, if you have nothing better to say then shut up! My deepest condolences to the family x

We went through this a year ago, when Ricky Gunning was killed by his cousin in a car-crash after a night on the town in Melksham 5Apr 2007) A headline in the WT described him as a "loveable rogue". It turned out he had just been convicted of theft, fraud and decption. Why should we try to pretent that criminal louts were really nice guys and cry for them?

have to agree with you there walter

walter wrote:

bsby666 wrote: Sorry Walter I have to say it, if you have nothing better to say then shut up! My deepest condolences to the family x

We went through this a year ago, when Ricky Gunning was killed by his cousin in a car-crash after a night on the town in Melksham 5Apr 2007) A headline in the WT described him as a "loveable rogue". It turned out he had just been convicted of theft, fraud and decption. Why should we try to pretent that criminal louts were really nice guys and cry for them?

Oh so you write it on here where all his family and friends can read it! yeah smart move Walter!

walter wrote:

bsby666 wrote: Sorry Walter I have to say it, if you have nothing better to say then shut up! My deepest condolences to the family x

We went through this a year ago, when Ricky Gunning was killed by his cousin in a car-crash after a night on the town in Melksham 5Apr 2007) A headline in the WT described him as a "loveable rogue". It turned out he had just been convicted of theft, fraud and decption. Why should we try to pretent that criminal louts were really nice guys and cry for them?

well i'm sorry but no one is asking you to cry just show some respect this young man has left a family behind who love him no matter what r.i.p love to the family

its very sad to know this is going on in our local area. not long after the same thing happened to matt baggott. the faily dont deserve this but people are quick so say he say so loving and things. this family are know for breaking into houses and tryin to run the streets of devizes. they need to take a step back now and look at what the name "coopers" means.
does this have to happen to all of them to under stand they are not the hard family they think they are.
i feel sorry for the mother for losing a son but the population of devizes i can emagin he will be misses by some but not all which is a great shame as if the name "coopers" was a bit better he may have been respected a little more than he was.

do i come in the catagory as a coopers because i am related to them **** off u ****!!! whats ur surname ??? DO GOODER??? Been perfect all your life have you??? Hummmmmm

look y dont u all stop b***hing about it its not going to bring him back so wats the point barry wouldnt want u to argue about it if he had his way he would just get his own back someway lol im suree he wouldnt argue with ya but hey please stop the arguing anybody with nothing nice to say keep it to urselfs and if u cant then just remember your comment can get reported so just wuit the arguing.

Don't worry justjc - walter's mission in life is to comment sarcastically about others, that is all he ever does on this site.

Any murder is terrible, my sympathies to all involved.

no im not a do gooder as you put it but i have never robbed someones house shoplifted or gone round and scared people. may be barry was one of the better ones but the yongest boy doesnt give the family a good name now does he. my thoughts do go out 2 your family as i wouldnt like to lose my son. people just need to think. and may be people are forgetting why matthew baggott died?? i read a comment saying he was going straight. so if he was inoccent in all of this. why did he get stabbed?? mistaken identity??
i keep my fingers crossed who done this is taken off the streets for good. as this person has lowered himself to a level lower than the name of a cooper.

"if he had his way he would just get his own back someway lol im suree he wouldnt argue with ya"

Live by the sword, ..............

my names mick,barry was related to me by marrage,he was a likeable lad,his only problem was if it wasent nailed down he would have it away, he was small time,they dident have to kill him,he dident deserve that,i was told today if you live by the sword you die bye the sword,i send my sorrow to mick and his boys and family, and i will be at the church when time comes.R,I,P BARRY.

very sad this as happend yet again another young person taken away drinking @ drugs verysad day for us all something needs looking at as soon as posable ???

now i was saying something needs to be done before it happenes again and wat a suprise somebody has been attacked not moments after barry if crime prevention and drug prevention was cracked down on then things like this wouldnt happen as much especially removing drug dealers from the area forcing addicts to move away or dry up and sort there lives out because this town is getting worse and worse.

It seems that half the town is celebrating the loss of a bad apple whilst a few close family members mourn the loss of a brother or a son.

Either way, let his death be a lesson to those who choose to live the life that he did. I just wonder how much pain and misery he caused to his innocent victims? Was this justice? Who knows?

But I do hope that his brothers and close family memebers choose not to seek retribution, but turn over a new leaf and learn that crime does not pay; his brother lived by the sword and paid the ultimate price.

Let that be a lesson to One & All!

hi.barry was the best my family have grown up with barry and kevin and they are lovely lads every one makes mistakes it's easily done in devizes and devizes people won't let people move on and forget the past but have to drag it up at every chance.but noone deverse to die like this. barry you will always be in heart and the rest of the famiy kevin,linda,mick,mic
k,linda and rest love too you all.R.I.P BARRY.****

please could we hold bad words to ourselves about the cooper family as they have lost part of their family put the shoe on you feet if it was you would you want to hear or see this about you son,daugther,brother
,mother,father or any other family members. NO YOU WOULD NOT SO PAY RESPECT.THANKS

piggypink wrote:
please could we hold bad words to ourselves about the cooper family as they have lost part of their family put the shoe on you feet if it was you would you want to hear or see this about you son,daugther,brother ,mother,father or any other family members. NO YOU WOULD NOT SO PAY RESPECT.THANKS

you have never had any trouble from them then...i hav been broke into by them ripped off, im sorry but i do wonder if his parents care at all i grew up wit them ,they were not brought up but dragged up if it were one of my own at least i can say they have never hurt, stole .......

lit wrote:

piggypink wrote: please could we hold bad words to ourselves about the cooper family as they have lost part of their family put the shoe on you feet if it was you would you want to hear or see this about you son,daugther,brother ,mother,father or any other family members. NO YOU WOULD NOT SO PAY RESPECT.THANKS

you have never had any trouble from them then...i hav been broke into by them ripped off, im sorry but i do wonder if his parents care at all i grew up wit them ,they were not brought up but dragged up if it were one of my own at least i can say they have never hurt, stole .......

Please can everyone take notice to the paragraph written at the top of the page.......

Leave your tributes below. Please consider the family and leave only tributes


If Barry ever did anything to anyone reading this page, here is not the place to voice your agression. I'm sure there are forums out there where you can vent your frustration but this is a tribrute page for those who cared about him.

When i knew Barry in his better times he had a heart of gold and had a caring and helpful nature that anyone on this earth could be proud of.
No one deserves to have there life snatched from them in the way that Barry did.

My deepest sympathies to anyone who knew and cared about Barry.

Please can everyone take notice to the paragraph written at the top of the page.......

Leave your tributes below. Please consider the family and leave only tributes


If Barry ever did anything to anyone reading this page, here is not the place to voice your agression. I'm sure there are forums out there where you can vent your frustration but this is a tribrute page for those who cared about him.

When i knew Barry in his better times he had a heart of gold and had a caring and helpful nature that anyone on this earth could be proud of.
No one deserves to have there life snatched from them in the way that Barry did.

My deepest sympathies to anyone who knew and cared about Barry.

one son turning out bad is probably an unlucky statistic but all four????

This "Tribute Page" would be pretty slim if it wasn't for the people venting there so called anger! that speaks volumes.

hey not all of them are bad. Kev turned around and last i heard was keeping his head clean

The atmosphere in Eastleigh Road where they all hang out is terrible. Yesterday there was a large gang of youngsters hanging around apparently just waiting. The police were also out in force. I have to live amongst all this as do my children. I have no doubts that this will get worse.This family have caused havoc within this town for years. As each child became old enough to steal, vandalise and get involved in petty crime the problem increased. I believe it was always inevitable that at some point drugs would take hold for whatever reason. Now as a community we have to deal with our kids being sold drugs. The local drug addicts hanging around waiting to either sell what they have stolen to purchase their supply or waiting for one of this family to sell them the drugs. The police community office just next door to them is a joke! Im sure it just serves as an early warning system if the cops are in the office the coast is clear for shoplifting spree in the town.Now we have one of them stabbed to death and whilst I feel for all his family and friends how else was this going to turn out? They did the petty crime because they could, they did the drugs because they could are we now going to move up to the next level just because they can? Yes its a tragedy, yes his friends and family have a right to grieve. The people of this town pay their taxes to have proper policing and whilst I cannot grieve for this person I can grieve for the town and how this is going to be the start of more to come unless something is done to stop it.

walter wrote:

bsby666 wrote: Sorry Walter I have to say it, if you have nothing better to say then shut up! My deepest condolences to the family x

We went through this a year ago, when Ricky Gunning was killed by his cousin in a car-crash after a night on the town in Melksham 5Apr 2007) A headline in the WT described him as a "loveable rogue". It turned out he had just been convicted of theft, fraud and decption. Why should we try to pretent that criminal louts were really nice guys and cry for them?

Have you not noticed when a teen dies its all how great they where at school and blah blah blah nobody is ever honest and says they where a little **** failing everything and a bully but the minute your an adult every little thing you do wrong is used to judge you.Ricky could have turned his life around but fate took his life now we will never know.Barry could have turned his life around but someone took his life and now we will never know. Just because you have a criminal record doesnt mean you shouldnt be loved.
What will be your epitaph? - judge not less ye yourself be judged. I doubt it. Sympathey to the family and friends

The Coopers are our neighbours. We got no beef with them. We are so sorry for this family. It is terrible to lose a son, brother, cousin and father like that. But far worse, is reading some of the comments people have left here. Someone took his life. Barry never did that to anyone. God bless to his family. RIP Barry

DXB wrote:
This "Tribute Page" would be pretty slim if it wasn't for the people venting there so called anger! that speaks volumes.

But thats the thing this page isn't for people to vent there anger. Its meant to be a tribute page, his young son who unfortunately he will never see grow up might read this page in the future. Just bare that in mind, when writing.

I'm sure we are not the only family to cause havoc in the town! Most of you does not know all the true facts so why not back off barry ! R.I.P Barry,will miss you.

This is a very sad moment for devizes as a community. I grew up seeing things like this on the news but never thought it would actually happen where i live. Where does it stop? or does it now get worse for the legitimate people of the town. Yes they may be a family that do cause alot of trouble...but surely we can all forgive and forget..no one deserves to die like that irrespective of what they have done...i believe in second chances but maybe his arrived too late. I see this as an oppertunity not just for all of the community to pull together but also an oppertunity for change, and this is aimed at the other brothers...its time for a new start..take note of this terrible tradegy and change the way people think...you only get one life and you have to make the most of it..yes its only a saying but at times like this is should be a motto you hold close to your heart..

RIP

candygirl wrote:
The atmosphere in Eastleigh Road where they all hang out is terrible. Yesterday there was a large gang of youngsters hanging around apparently just waiting. The police were also out in force. I have to live amongst all this as do my children. I have no doubts that this will get worse.This family have caused havoc within this town for years. As each child became old enough to steal, vandalise and get involved in petty crime the problem increased. I believe it was always inevitable that at some point drugs would take hold for whatever reason. Now as a community we have to deal with our kids being sold drugs. The local drug addicts hanging around waiting to either sell what they have stolen to purchase their supply or waiting for one of this family to sell them the drugs. The police community office just next door to them is a joke! Im sure it just serves as an early warning system if the cops are in the office the coast is clear for shoplifting spree in the town.Now we have one of them stabbed to death and whilst I feel for all his family and friends how else was this going to turn out? They did the petty crime because they could, they did the drugs because they could are we now going to move up to the next level just because they can? Yes its a tragedy, yes his friends and family have a right to grieve. The people of this town pay their taxes to have proper policing and whilst I cannot grieve for this person I can grieve for the town and how this is going to be the start of more to come unless something is done to stop it.

you have summed up my thoughts bettr than i did ..so maybe all people knocking our sensible comments should take note... maybe this could have been one of our children "in the way?" WHO HADNT DONE ANYTHING??? WOULD THAT BE OK?

Two murders in less than one year, and I understand that both are connected to the Coopers in one way or the other!

Need I say more?

mixed views here! but everybody has the right to an opinion. i think ( and of course, this is my own opinion), to post some of the **** that's on this site, when you are not in possession of all the facts! judging on what he may or may not have done to you?/ or someone you knew?/or someone you knew that told you they knew someone that told someone else...... get my point!

stirring up things from the past doesn't help anyone, least of all in the present situation or the police investigation.

lets not forget that a young life has been lost and hopefully somebody willbe jailed for life for this crime.
rip barry

nobody is perfect & i know barry was far from perfect but he did'nt deserve to die in this way . R.I.P
MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH HIS FAMILY

i hope & pray for devizes hope things sort out it needs to get safer place to live in people are frightent to go out this country is getting very worrying people being murderd nearly everyday ,,,

gmc wrote:
one son turning out bad is probably an unlucky statistic but all four????

as from the comment from gmc they must don't know these lads as they are not as bad as people making out .yeah they do small time things but nothing real bad .THEY NEVER HURT OR KILLED ANYONE .AFTER ALL EVERYONE GOT A PAST . and before anyone says iv'e known barry and kev most of my life from kids yes barry did me wrong but i don't bad mouth him your his family . rip barry love to family

To all those here you comment on how he robbed you conned you or whatever do you seriously think he deserved this? You have insurance (if you dont more fool you)You can replace things objects possessions you cant replace a life once its gone its gone you need to think about that before you comment he may have been bad but he was no murderer someone among your community is. Didnt your parents raise you better than to speak ill of the dead regardless of the life they led? Nobody on this earth is an angel but nobody deserves to die like this.

Ah, so I have insurance to cover the loss of possessions stolen from me, MY home or to pay for repairs to MY car after it has been vandalised by mindless hooligans who have no respect for other people's property, the law or understand common decency to fellow people.

And what about family heirlooms which are unique and cannot be replaced, but are regularly stolen from people's homes and sold for the next 'fix'! Yes, it is drugs which often encourage, or in fact drive people to steal, in order to finance their next 'fix'! It is a vicious cycle............

Even Barry Cooper's dad recognised and admitted in the local media that his son had gone down the road of 'petty' crime and heroin etc; his father had even paid for help, but it had failed! Very sad - but look how the tragic story ended......