Police officer attacked with a sledgehammer and gets a fractured spine...

[motorbiking]

Is the real story here, not the angle the beeb ran with.

'Victory' in Palestine Action trial, say families

The six defendants are cleared of aggravated burglary, but could face a retrial over other charges.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Is the real story here, not the angle the beeb ran with.

'Victory' in Palestine Action trial, say families

The six defendants are cleared of aggravated burglary, but could face a retrial over other charges.

www.bbc.co.uk

How could it not be criminal damage?

 

[SPLINE]

Is the real story here

Exactly. The BBC is propaganda, not news.

 

[motorbiking]

How could it not be criminal damage?

Jury could not reach verdicts for charges of criminal damage against all six defendants.
The jury also failed to reach a verdict on the charges of violent disorder against Head, Kamio and Corner.
No verdict was reached for a charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent either, which Corner was accused of after allegedly striking police sergeant Kate Evans in the back with a sledgehammer during the raid.

Hopefully there will be a retrial for these offences.

 

[festive]

Jury could not reach verdicts for charges of criminal damage against all six defendants.
The jury also failed to reach a verdict on the charges of violent disorder against Head, Kamio and Corner.
No verdict was reached for a charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent either, which Corner was accused of after allegedly striking police sergeant Kate Evans in the back with a sledgehammer during the raid.

Hopefully there will be a retrial for these offences.

I saw Kemi mentioned this on yer press conference earlier am really warming to her shame the rest of her party are a BOW's.

This is a national outrage i just can't believe it.

 

[motorbiking]

Unfortunately, it plays in to the hands of the Lammy Dodger who wants to scrap Jury trials for less serious offences.

 

[fillyboy]

Smashing a van through doors and fracturing a police woman's spine with a sledgehammer.
FFS they should have all got 5 years minimum.

 

[MNW67]

As regards the man who hit the policewoman with a sledgehammer. What defence, if any, did he use.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

I'll say it again. More and more, it's the perpetrators of crimes where sympathy seems to lie, not the victims.

I wonder what the makeup of the jury was.

 

[fillyboy]

As regards the man who hit the policewoman with a sledgehammer. What defence, if any, did he use.

That he was defending his mate (another protestor). He's not out of the woods yet, if there is no re-trial the policewoman will likely launch a civil case.

 

[MNW67]

That he was defending his mate (another protestor). He's not out of the woods yet, if there is no re-trial the policewoman will likely launch a civil case.

I didn't know that was a defence against hitting a police officer. I will have to Google.

But wasn't she lying on the floor at the time?

 

[noseall]

How could it not be criminal damage?

Suspected?

Seems the accusations didn't hold water.

 

[fillyboy]

I didn't know that was a defence against hitting a police officer. I will have to Google.

But wasn't she lying on the floor at the time?

I'm going on what the black belt barrister said, AI might come up with something different.

 

[MNW67]

I'm going on what the black belt barrister said, AI might come up with something different.

I've now watched the video. He is always very slow and repetitive. But eventually he says that, as a far as he can tell, they used self defence/defence of others. Presumably this means the protestors are alleging that the police used excessive force. It's not something I have thought much about before. If you know you are committing a crime and the police come to arrest you, then normally you would not be expected to fight them with sledgehammers. I've not found much detail yet about what the protestors claimed the police actually did to deserve that.

 

[motorbiking]

How these charges didn't stick is beyond me. Nothing short of an armed raid.

at least they got tasered