Not Guilty!

[hc4361]

Wonder what the Court knows that we don't?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2433100/Commuter-told-Asian-man-f--country-Tube-outburst-caught-camera-NOT-GUILTY.html

[youngmafbog]

//The mother-of-two denied she was racist, saying she was upset at being told she had 'blood on my hands' and being criticised because she had been drinking alcohol.

‘I’m not a racist in any shape or form,’ she told the court in her evidence.

‘I agree the language is horrific and I am mortified.

‘I was half asleep and he said something to do with my poppy and I wondered if it was about me.

‘He said something about blood on my hands for invading his country.

I know what he said was derogatory and against women in general and he definitely used the word “***” because I was out drinking.//


So, more to the point why was the man not dragged into court too. It would appear he provoked her.

[joggerjayne]

Just watched the video.

Golly, she really lost it, didn't she!

[ToraToraTora]

it's in the story HC, the gentleman in question accused her of having bl00d on her hands for wearing a poppy. Not condoning the reaction but it was mitigation.

[ToraToraTora]

sorry my post crossed with those above

[jno]

The jury at Snaresbrook Crown Court also decided she did not intend her words to cause harassment, alarm or distress

I wonder what they were meant to cause, then? I can only suppose the words she used are just everyday friendly banter in Essex.

[ludwig]

According to her account he started the altercation by calling her a *** and saying she had blood on her hands for invading his country.

[ludwig]

// The jury at Snaresbrook Crown Court also decided she did not intend her words to cause harassment //

I don't think they actually did decide that. They probably just thought he deserved all the abuse and harrassment he got.

[hc4361]

Bit of an over reaction in my view. I'd have been alarmed and distressed if I'd have been in that carriage.

[ummmm]

If what she says is true then I'd be fuming if someone said that to me.

[joggerjayne]

I think it's funny when people just completely flip out. You can't take them seriously.

[andy-hughes]

It's a shame the guy was not a British Asian!

However, his provocation was unacceptable, and he should have been prosecuted as well.

I would deeply ashamed of any member of my family who conducted themselves in public like that - regardless of the content of this woman's tirade, the sheer ugliness of her posture, stance, and aggressive attitude are not acceptable.

If one is to blame, then so is the other, but using 'provocation' as mitigation in excusing drunken loutish behaviour is simply making matters worse.

[hc4361]

Is there any proof of his provocation?

[ludwig]

// Bit of an over reaction in my view //

Yes, but people who've been drinking can tend to over react. The best policy is probably to leave them alone, mind your own business, and not insult them out of the blue for no good reason.

[sp1814]

Am I the only person who wants to know why the audio was censored part way through?

[andy-hughes]

Thanks jordyboy.

trig - 'Good for her ...' - are you serious?

[tamborine]

I'd have kicked his *** if he said "I had blood in my hands" for wearing a poppy. Just shows his ignorance for not knowing why our troops are shedding blood in Afganistan.

[murraymints]

Oo err.....glad I wasn't on that carriage.