British Transport Police said a 35-year-old man from Stirling had been charged with assault.
The man is understood to be Alan Pollock.
I hope his case gets batted right out of court with the police left looking like the utter morons they are.
I'm too annoyed to turn this post into a rant. I'm off to bed instead. I hate this country!
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So Mr Pollock gets charged because a drunken student is removed (legally at the request of the authority present, himself acting legally in doing so) and because the little shit is too shit-faced to stand up he falls and gets a small scratch. So now the 'big man' is being charged with assault.
Whilst the, supposedly same, justice system cautions nine scum who punched a young asperger suffering girl into a bloody pulp. And a woman who assisted in he brutal repeated assault and killing of her child is given a suspended sentence.
The 'justice' system of this country has long been a laughing stock, but now it has for me (a normal law-abiding, uncomplaining citisen) it has become actively offensive. I wont advocate violence but if someone happened to take umbrage at these scrotes (the police, the magistrates, the judges, and the politicians) you know what? I'd stand and cheer (OK I may assist too)
If this is what Britain has become - then fuck them, bring on the revolution.
Cunts. Fingers crossed that if he pleads not guilty he gets at least one juror who knows about jury nullification and can persuade the others to just say fuck it and refuse to convict the guy.
Given the 'Mail' story yesterday mentioned how he'd been advised by his solicitor not to comment because of the possible consequences for his employment, I'm not hopeful...
There is no justice, no common sense though as we all know. There is only those in power playing games.
I hope that advice only refers to commenting in the media and bears no relevence to his plea.
FTSTO - 'Easy pickings'. Yep, the police don't like to get thier hands dirty with real criminals anymore. As long as they can tick the right boxes they will just go for those who won't put up a fight.
I watched the video clip and Pollock used reasonable force, no more.
Longrider - A bit of jury nullification would be good to see. Providing the jury has the spine for it.
The press are reporting that Pollock has been charged with assault. This is NOT correct. The police have carried out an investigation and passed the file to the Procurator Fiscals office for a decision on prosecution. This is much the same as the police sending a file to the Crown Prosecution Service in England and Wales. The Procurator Fiscal will decide whether or not Pollock will be charged with assault and if Main will be charged with trespass or travelling without a ticket.
So a little bit of a media beat up going on since both of them are in the same boat, though like TTP I hope that they view Pollock's actions as lawful and Main's injury a direct result of his own behaviour. And then charge Main with fare dodging.
For me, this doesn't change much though. It's still the police who decide to go to the CPS. On the evidence, they shouldn't have arrested him at all.
This just sounds like a convenient get out for the cops. "It wasn't us, honest. The CPS decided to prosecute".
The police still bear the ultimate responsibility
Someone stands up and does the right thing, and this happens? The country is totally fucked.
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