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Seen throwing 3 punches at a person on video & gets away with it. Here.

3 punches which he admitted to in court, and based on the evidence they were offered, the jury decided that these were likely to be in self defence.

Got away with what exactly? Ok, it wasn`t the best way to settle an argument, but if some bloke was coming at me with his arms up, in a rage, I wouldn`t offer to buy him a drink to talk things over.

Quite right too! ;) :o
Must say, I`m slightly surprised - although I can`t imagine a guilty verdict would have had much of a punishment.

Ste

Take a look at the video, you will change your mind
self defence my ass

I`ve seen the video. It`s grainy, and you can`t see much of the other guy.

Remember, the jury saw the video too - and I`m willing to bet they got a bigger and better copy than is on the BBC.

I have to agree with Paull here - as soon as I heard about it I thought he`d get off. After all, he`s a footballer and they do seem to be untouchable by the law in a lot of cases.

I`ll second the `my ass` statement made above.

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and they do seem to be untouchable by the law in a lot of cases.Really? Try telling that to Joey Barton. Or Duncan Ferguson. Plus others. etc....

Ste

Regardless of what we all may think or opinionate about it, the man has been found not guilty by a jury.

Those members of the jury will have been advised that they must be absolutely convinced of his guilt to provide the guilty verdict.
If there was any doubt at all then he`s not guilty, even if the evidence appears to show that he might be.

I haven`t bothered watching the video myself because I`m not that fussed by it all, the media appears to make more of any story than is necessary these days - and for the most part we don`t know what`s true and what`s not.

Affray was always going to be difficult to prove. I`ve known people convicted on less evidence, but I`ve also known people acquitted when they were bang to rights. It`s a bit of a shooting gallery, which seems to be the way the courts work. Self defence is one of those grey areas where you can get away with it if your response is deemed `proportionate` to the threat.

Did the guy get pummelled by the other 5 then after he`d had the scuffle with Gerrard?

Assuming they all must have given him a bit of a kicking as obviously if they`ve pleaded guilty, there must have been a lot more convincing evidence and they must have thrown more than 4punches each?

I`m actually asking this as a question, as surely Gerrard would be covering their solicitors fees, so there must be a reason they wanted them to plead guilty?

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