The trial and conviction of Hamit Coskun bodes ill for speech and protest in Britain, tests the limits of reason, and recasts blasphemy as public disorder
The man who attacked him with the knife was not arrested at the scene, but later. He has pled guilty to common assault but denies having had a knife, which is why the video from CPS was redacted, as it is key evidence. His trial date is set for 2027 at the Crown Court.
The delivery rider was not arrested or charged as far as I know.
Excellent Mike! The hypocrisy and double speak of the prosecutors and the Judge are truly dystopian. In my day this event would be a feature in our favorite comic book in that era, "Mad Magazine"!
Every day, people who suffer from mental health conditions are interacting with the criminal justice system. Most of the time their issues don’t exempt them from prosecution, but sometimes they do.
What happened to those who attacked him? Were they prosecuted?
The man who attacked him with the knife was not arrested at the scene, but later. He has pled guilty to common assault but denies having had a knife, which is why the video from CPS was redacted, as it is key evidence. His trial date is set for 2027 at the Crown Court.
The delivery rider was not arrested or charged as far as I know.
Excellent Mike! The hypocrisy and double speak of the prosecutors and the Judge are truly dystopian. In my day this event would be a feature in our favorite comic book in that era, "Mad Magazine"!
Thank you. The disconnect between what the CPS and judge kept saying was happening, and what was actually happening, was pretty astonishing.
Al Jaffee would have killed a fold-in about this case for sure. What, me worry?
Every day, people who suffer from mental health conditions are interacting with the criminal justice system. Most of the time their issues don’t exempt them from prosecution, but sometimes they do.