Banker, 33, is cleared of assaulting BA cabin crew
Jan 14, 2022, 4:08 am
#33
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Clearly we are only party to the elements of the case mentioned in the report and there is a whole "something" missing.
However, as Boris Johnson is being reminded of regularly, ignorance of law breaking is not a defence in the UK. That would lead to a free for all. Clearly something happened and clearly the CPS felt they had a case. Did Richard Gere just waltz in and give the jury the old Razzle Dazzle?
However, as Boris Johnson is being reminded of regularly, ignorance of law breaking is not a defence in the UK. That would lead to a free for all. Clearly something happened and clearly the CPS felt they had a case. Did Richard Gere just waltz in and give the jury the old Razzle Dazzle?
Jan 14, 2022, 4:24 am
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Jan 14, 2022, 4:50 am
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Jan 14, 2022, 5:30 am
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Well I sit on one of the low floors, if that clears anything up! But yes, somewhat OT, and just to be clear, I'm not expressing any solidarity here with the defendant in this case!
Jan 14, 2022, 6:08 am
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Jan 14, 2022, 6:56 am
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Jan 14, 2022, 7:31 am
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Whatever he does for a living and whomever his parents are, I hope BA ban him for life. He may have bamboozled the court but he assaulted the crew and got away with it. I don't believe his excuse for a minute. Maybe we need to ban all Ambien Users from flying.
Jan 14, 2022, 7:38 am
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We don’t yet have formal trial by Internet forum in this country.
Jan 14, 2022, 7:43 am
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No. A court found him not guilty of the offences he was charged with, there is no doubt the crew were assaulted.
Jan 14, 2022, 7:52 am
#44
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I was having a quick coffee break with the wife and we discussed this bit of news. Her comment was, more or less "Already it's impossible to get people prosecuted or banned for being perverts, now they walk when they assault us. We've already got little respect and little powers onboard, the only thing we have is a card and the threat of the police on arrival... if that's not even valid anymore then the next time it kicks off I'm going to think twice about stepping in".
Jan 14, 2022, 8:05 am
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He may have physically struck the crew, but the jury decided it wasn’t assault?
As you can no doubt tell I’m not a lawyer, so apologies if I’m being slow, just trying to work out the logic.