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Ginger Bullies
How could a jury possibly find Ben Stokes not guilty.
The CCTV showed him clearly throwing 15 punches.
I have seen the footage a number of times, and it shows a much smaller man with his hands held up in submission, and offering no resistance, being smashed to the ground, by the ginger cricketer.
One of his victims suffered a fractured eye socket.
The ginger bully unsurprisingly declined the bouncers suggestion of picking on him, if he was looking for someone to abuse.
The fact that he is straight back into the England team is further embarrassment.
Justice, rather than a jury is meant to be blind.
The CCTV showed him clearly throwing 15 punches.
I have seen the footage a number of times, and it shows a much smaller man with his hands held up in submission, and offering no resistance, being smashed to the ground, by the ginger cricketer.
One of his victims suffered a fractured eye socket.
The ginger bully unsurprisingly declined the bouncers suggestion of picking on him, if he was looking for someone to abuse.
The fact that he is straight back into the England team is further embarrassment.
Justice, rather than a jury is meant to be blind.
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Will just leave this here from (IMO) the best cricket writer in the country.
Thanks Andy, that's a first-class, well-balanced piece.
How can he be described as truthful and having a selective memory?
I can only feel contempt for someone who mocks disabled children.
His suggestion that he was looking up at the night sky and talking to God outside Mbargo was, no doubt, the result of frustration and intended as a joke. It fell very flat. Equally the footage that was purported to show him flicking a cigarette butt at O'Connor was never satisfactory explained. And, while it is not relevant to this case, the footage of him apparently mocking Katie Price's disabled son, Harvey, that emerged at around the same time as the incident, remains as troubling as any of the details heard during the trial.
But he might also reflect that, having been sent home from a Lions tour in 2013 after one too many nights out and, in 2014, having broken his hand on a locker in Barbados due to a flash of temper, he really should have learned these lessons already.
Stokes denied "bullying" the couple, but bouncer Andrew said he was "laughing at them, not with them".
He and teammate Alex Hales had been refused entry to the club by bouncer Andrew Cunningham, who claims Stokes insulted his gold teeth and "s**t" tattoos.
Bouncer Andrew also claimed Stokes tried to bribe him with £300 in a failed attempt to gain entry into the club.
Witness Kai Barry, who was captured on CCTV talking to Stokes before the fight erupted, fled the scene after seeing a reveller hit the pavement.
Nicholas Corsellis, prosecuting, told the jury on the opening day of Stokes' trial that Ali and Ryan Hale needed hospital treatment after Stokes "lost control” during a brawl.
Video footage shows Stokes pursuing Hale, who is holding his hands out in defence, before punching him in the face and knocking him out.
The footage then shows Ali appearing to raise a bottle and strike Mr Barry with it.
Mr Corsellis said: "Mr Stokes lost his control and started to attack with revenge or retaliation in mind.
“He knocked Mr Hale unconscious and then, after enough time to pause for thought, did the same to Mr Ali, who received significant injuries.
“It was a sustained episode of significant violence that left onlookers shocked at what was taking place.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-45111213