I FEEL compelled to write after reading the recent article concerning Mark Hobson (January 9).

What on earth is Ms Kemp (Hobson's "friend") thinking of, to be communicating with this monster - let alone broadcasting it to the whole nation?

It beggars belief that she remains in contact with Mark Hobson after his hideous crime spree and then attempts to defend him by revealing his pitiful excuses scrawled in his letters to her.

My heart goes out to the family and friends of the innocent people Mark Hobson murdered and I hope their grieving process is not marred by this.

Elaine Bateson,

Parkin Avenue,

Selby.

Updated: 10:32 Friday, January 20, 2006