Benjamin Mendy - City lose case and Mendy awarded £11m in back pay (p168)

[roubaixtuesday]

A prediction:

Mendy's lawyers will talk to City's lawyers.

Former will claim he's entitled to all earnings. Latter will claim his own actions (particularly breaching bail conditions to get banged up) mean he isn't entitled to anything. They'll split the difference because neither side wants this to get anywhere near court.

Which probably is about fair as whilst he was found not guilty of a criminal offence, his actions made him unavailable.

 

[aguero93:20]

If he's entitled to it he should get it. The guy lost his career

Yeah, I'd say the same. Although we would be well within our rights to hit him with a few fines for breaching lock down rules, he'd still be entitled to the majority.

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Someone may have pointed that out but it wasn't how it happened. They didn't put him on remand for breaching pre-charge bail conditions as that would not be legal, they charged him then put him on remand. The breach of bail conditions may have played a part in future bail hearings.

The police noticed the party when then came to arrest him to charge him, but it was not reason they came to arrest him.

Im sure thats incorrect. He was charged and put out om conditional bail, which he breached and so was rearrested, and the court then put him on remand

 

[paska]

Read what I said. The police charge someone if they think there is sufficient evidence.

An individual does not decide to "press charges", which is something that 99% just don't understand.

You can decide to provide evidence or a statement but that' it. It's in the hands of the police then.

I’ve been asked by the police whether I want to press charges on someone (I said no), and on the flip side I’ve also been told by police that someone didn’t want to press charges against me.

I won’t go into the details of either case, but all I was saying is that the police do infact use that terminology… rightly or wrongly.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

I’ve been asked by the police whether I want to press charges on someone (I said no), and on the flip side I’ve also been told by police that someone didn’t want to press charges against me.

I won’t go into the details of either case, but all I was saying is that the police do infact use that terminology… rightly or wrongly.

They might have said that to be nice but that’s not how the law works.

The police don’t need any consent from a victim to charge anybody.

Not that this has anything to do with Mendy..!

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

It is.

It's arrestable. It's not a criminal offence though.

 

[aguero93:20]

I’ve been asked by the police whether I want to press charges on someone (I said no), and on the flip side I’ve also been told by police that someone didn’t want to press charges against me.

I won’t go into the details of either case, but all I was saying is that the police do infact use that terminology… rightly or wrongly.

That's just them saying they're quite happy to ignore things unless someone is willing to kick up a fuss about it.

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

It's arrestable. It's not a criminal offence though.

Yes youre right

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

That's just them saying they're quite happy to ignore things unless someone is willing to kick up a fuss about it.

Standard police procedure that innit.

"Your house has been broken into and you've got the guys on video and currently holding him while he's got your telly under his arm? Yeah sorry sir, send us an email and if anyone else reports it maybe we'll post something on Twitter this time next year. Anyway got to go, Dave's been to Krispy Kreme and we knock off in 30 mins."

 

[paska]

Awesome.

They say it like arrsome though. At least that hasn’t caught on.

Awe-inspiring is a pretty neat word.