I think it’s more likely a couple of members of the jury are profoundly stupid.The cynic in me says they’re trying to appease people so not to cause a disturbance.
And in this case, blindI think it’s more likely a couple of members of the jury are profoundly stupid.
They should have been influenced by ALL the footage to find both these oxygen thieves guilty.I wonder whether the jury were influenced by the footage that everyone has seen of the police officer kicking the guy on the ground? Even though they were told to ignore it.
They weren’t told to ignore.it was the whole main basis of the defence.I wonder whether the jury were influenced by the footage that everyone has seen of the police officer kicking the guy on the ground? Even though they were told to ignore it.
No offence. But that makes absolutely no sense at all. Cheers.A retrial ?
if the CPS did not submit it to court properly or worded the charges properly, that is the only way this charge is a no verdict, Video of the crime is clear, so it's got to be in the write-up of the charge
Count 2: Mohammed Fahir Amaaz and Muhammed Amaad are are charged with assaulting PC Zachary Marsden occasioning actual bodily harm
Verdicts: Mohammed Fahir Amaaz: NO VERDICT REACHED. Muhammed Amaad: NO VERDICT REACHED
Ah ok. Obviously worked then!They weren’t told to ignore.it was the whole main basis of the defence.
Difficult to know but it might be a combo of the rather quick laying on hands and what the jury thought an appropriate reaction to that might be if a person was unaware it was a copper and/or saw it as an attack. I mean I’m not sure if I buy the defence arguments on this myself but I can see how some people thought the cops could and should have done something differently.How ? It's clear they attacked him
They should. But that footage was released early with no context. It was shown on every media outlet. It should never have released until the trial. But it suited the agenda at the time.They should have been influenced by ALL the footage to find both these oxygen thieves guilty.
Why? Before that video was released you had mps, people in power and crowds outside Rochdale police station accusing the police of brutality. The video was leaked and all of those people went quietThat’s an odd thing to assume.
Or had made their minds up before the trial & there was no way they were ever going to change it, evidence or notI think it’s more likely a couple of members of the jury are profoundly stupid.
THIS, is it time for sharia law, ........The only people to blame here are the jurors .. not the CPS etc. That's the problem with jury trials. One really does not know what prejudices they bring into the jury room
Yeah; I remember that. Only a short video was originally released, showing the officer "restraining" (!) the defendant. The ACAB mob on here had a field day, preaching about what action should be taken against said officer. When the longer version of the video was released, showing the defendants attacking people, including police officers, as well as reports about incidents in other parts of the airport (a coffee shop?), those same posters suddenly went very quiet, very quickly.Why? Before that video was released you had mps, people in power and crowds outside Rochdale police station accusing the police of brutality. The video was leaked and all of those people went quiet
One of them has got away with battering a police officer either way. Imagine if there was no footage
Maybe not scrap it but have a third option along the lines of "we can't decide unanimously and we'll leave it to the judge"Scrap the jury service, letting joe public decide whose guilty and whose not is a recipe for disaster !