http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Bus driver repeatedly punched 65-year-old cyclist - en Mon, 18 May 2026 07:37:05 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4458#post-47213 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:12:54 +0000 crowriver 47213@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>It seems to me that the driver got off lightly would I be right?</em></p> <p>Probably, But then he's an ex-copper. 'Chairman of the Bench Colin Thompson said: "It’s very sad. You’re not an ordinary person, you’ve been a public servant." '<br /> So we'll let you off with a fine. After all, we're on the same side, aren't we?</p> <p>'Whittaker-Axon, now of Broom Lane, Levenshulme, told the court: "I was defending myself. I felt he had committed an offence and I wanted him to be arrested and charged with it." '</p> <p>No doubt that's the kind of statement he used to make when he was a plod in the Met. The coloured gentleman "fell down the stairs" on his way to the cells, the man with the broken arm was "resisting arrest", etc. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4458#post-47203 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:25:43 +0000 Claggy Cog 47203@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What is the usual sentence or fine for such an assault? It seems to me that the driver got off lightly would I be right? I am thinking of a situation if you randomly started beating someone up. Poor diddums lost his job and his home...he should have thought about that before he attacked his victim. Actually thinking about it a custodial would have done him a favour, accommodation and three square meals a day. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4458#post-47197 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 04:26:45 +0000 custard 47197@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/crime/s/1465398_bus-driver-repeatedly-punched-65-year-old-cyclist---for-complaining-he-had-been-cut-up-on-portland-street" rel="nofollow">http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/crime/s/1465398_bus-driver-repeatedly-punched-65-year-old-cyclist---for-complaining-he-had-been-cut-up-on-portland-street</a> </p>