Articles with the Tag Delroy Smellie (and his fat beer belly)

Delroy Smellie (and his fat beer belly) cleared of assault:

District Judge Daphne Wickham found no evidence had been provided to show use of the baton was not measured or correct.

She said: “It was for the prosecution to prove this defendant was not acting in lawful self-defence.

“The prosecution has failed in this respect and the defendant has raised the issue of lawful self-defence and as such is entitled to be acquitted.”

The judge said Sgt Smellie had a “mere seven seconds” to act when Ms Fisher ran in front of him hurling abuse at a vigil held on 2 April to mark the death of newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson at a previous demonstration.

Judge for yourself:

Yep, that really looks like a guy worried for his own safety with little time to decide whether this oh so dangerous woman almost half his size was holding weapons…

The wheels of justice grind infinitely slowly, but grind they do, even if it’s almost a year after p.c. Delroy Smellie (and his fat beer belly) were caught on camera backhanding a female protestor. Don’t pay too much attention to how BBC News frames the issue in the article linked above, with its emphasis on how the victim wasn’t able to attent the trial. After all, Smellie was caught in the act, there are plenty of witness statements and there is little need to subject the poor woman he assaulted to further stress, other than for intimidation purposes…