3 Dead Walk Free

[fender62]

now...question? had he been white, would he be free...honest? 3 dead people.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8849961/Indian-overstayer-person-UK-face-no-charges-self-defence-triple-killing.html#comments

[youngmafbog]

Good for him. They wont be attacking anyone soon will they.

As for the 'white' question, or any other colour, surely this now sets the precedent?

[jno]

I thought this was going to be a question about zombies.

Self-defence is an ancient defence. Many white people have invoked it successfully, and quite right too. Who are you having a go at the victim?

[jno]

*Why*

[Mamyalynne]

He was not charged with murder or manslaughter, is that what is bothering you?

It's horrendous that three lie dead but they were attempting to take his life surely.

[ummmm]

i don't understand what point you're trying to make? It would appear that none of them were white so the decision has nothing to do with colour.

Mr Singh also suffered injuries.

[douglas9401]

It just shows what can be done if you really want to overcome the odds.

Now, is he going to be deported to India?

[royfromaus]

//Gurjeet Singh, 30, was cornered by a group armed with knives and a hammer //


My first thoughts were...well done him.
But then I got to thinking...is ever *** in London armed with knives?

A very extraordinary and incredulous event.

[andy-hughes]

fender - // now...question? had he been white, would he be free...honest? //

On the basis of the law as applied in this situation, the answer is clearly yes.

if you are trying to infer that Mr Singh got a swerve on the basis of his ethnicity, then you are simply looking for a pointless racial bias that exists only in your own fevered imagination.

[andy-hughes]

douglas - // Now, is he going to be deported to India? //

That depends on his citizenship - not a factor in the decision making in this case it appears.

[Peter Pedant]

it is obvious that we havent had the whole story

[Peter Pedant]

I would think that if he took a knife off one of his attackers then he is really home and dry
( obvious self defence)

[andy-hughes]

PP - // it is obvious that we havent had the whole story //

A short succinct understandable post, not followed immediately by another one.

Are you alright???????????????

[andy-hughes]

Ooops - cross-posted, so missed the second post - drat!!

[shoota]

Was the knife part of his religious paraphernalia?
That may have been his defence.

[douglas9401]

"Mr Singh, who lived in Dagenham at the time of the attack, is an Indian national and an overstayer, who was served with a notice to leave in May 2015."

[royfromaus]

//Mr Singh himself produced a knife during the vicious clash//

//Jury cleared Mr Singh of being in possession of offensive weapon in public place//


???

[douglas9401]

Indian knives matter.

[shoota]

Wiki says:
England and Wales​[edit]

As a bladed article, possession of a kirpan without valid reason in a public place would be illegal under section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.[22] However, there is a specific defence for a person to prove that he carries it for "religious reasons".[22]

[Jackdaw33]

I can no longer access the DM so don't know the story. Any other link?

[Mamyalynne]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12954838/builder-stabbed-three-street-attackers/