Archery1969 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2024 10:27 am
jamesedwards wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2024 10:05 am
Archery1969 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2024 9:20 am
That video on Sky looks rather shocking to say the least.
Where is the 30 secs preceding this, or did the video conveniently start just at that moment?
no idea. obviously you have to take everything into context, he could have been threatend during the 30 secs before. But the law on self defence is rather ambiguous for obvious reaons. The CPS prefer to prosecute and leave it upto a jury to decide if you used reasonable force.
i remember a few years back there was an altercation in Rottingdean near Brighton, boy punched a lad (Conner Saunders) who fell back and hit his head on the curb, he later died. CPS brought a charge of manslaughter. But the lad was found not guilty on all charges due to the other person starting the fight and provoking him.
Interesting listening to a lawyer this morning who was saying a single punch can be argued as self defence (as you've pointed to in a similar case) but the sustained attack while the vicitm was on the floor goes from a possible common assault to ABH which is difficult to defend against as the victim was defenceless at the point he's on the floor plus the victim clearly has his hands in his pocket and doesn't look at all threatening when the attack is launched.
The lad at the bottom of the CCTV is interesting if this was an altercation you'd expect raised voices, shouting swearing which people gathering around trying to break it up etc but he doesn't even turn around and people don't look/come over until the attack is launched. LBC played the audio earlier and Mike Amesbury is slavering on clearly 10 sheets to the wind.
He tried to spin it as him being the victim on Sunday morning trying to get people on his side and his spin has been quite rightly exposed.
