Got KO'd last night...

As I said, he would have been scooped until it was investigated. If it was found that he had acted purely in defence of his friend and had not committed an offence then he would, certainly here, been released without charge.

E.g. Last weekend I as backshift on the Saturday night. Turn up at a disturbance to see two guys rolling about on the floor. Both restrained and taken to station. Review of evidence and CCTV shows that although both were "rolling" about on the ground, one guy did nothing wrong at all. The other guy had smacked him several times and they both fell to the ground. Guy number 1 (good guy) then took the bad guy in a head lock to stop him hitting him anymore.

Clearly self defence and he used reasonable restraint as such, released without charge. Other guy held in custody to appear infront of Sheriff on Monday morning.

Originally Posted by Dave20046

It's true, but why is that by the way mbk? Would be really fecking irritating, I narrowly escaped the scenario once.

Because we don't know who has done what when we arrive at a situation like that. All we see is a group of people fighting and we don't know who is the aggressor or the victim so both have to come in til enquiries are made/cctv reviewed.

oooh, is this one still going?

Thulfi - I'm glad we understood each other in the end (although why other people feel the need to throw random insults at me is a mystery). I was wondering today, you must have got a nasty knock to the noggin. I hope you got yourself checked out - you must know only too well how these things can cause other issues.

Originally Posted by Jabba

Oh, and don't pick on Coolgirl. She's tougher than you

thank you, my dear, well pointed out.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Lol I think your opinion of the caliber of higher education in general is an overestimate!

I think you'll find it's spelt 'calibre' in English.

I'm off now to do some more studying for my masters. Then I'll go to work tomorrow and pick up what I've got to do on the new higher education framework.

So, I think we've all learned a valuable lesson from the various tales posted in this thread...

DUCK.





oooh, Spidey... 'but thank christ i know how to look after myself when the chips are down and there is nothing left and no where to run'... Big Trouble in Little China?

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by Ping

oooh, Spidey... 'but thank christ i know how to look after myself when the chips are down and there is nothing left and no where to run'... Big Trouble in Little China?

Spunds like it could be right out of a movie dont it? I just made it up

Originally Posted by Spiderman

Spunds like it could be right out of a movie dont it? I just made it up

Ahah, my bad:

'When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail." '

and

'Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."'

[Spiderman]

Quality!

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by CoolGirl

I think you'll find it's spelt 'calibre' in English.

See, point proven

Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

He asked "legally" what should he have done. Legally, that is what he should have done.

There is a legal right to use "reasonable force" to prevent injury to someone else or to yourself. Obviously your mate getting bits kicked off him counts as a real and present danger to his safety so basically anything goes. So long as you don't say to the police afterward "lolz pwnt, plz dnt tell me mam".

You are even allowed in law to preemptively strike someone if you can later argue that you had no other option. (of course what actually happened has little to do with it)

Best bet if it ever comes to violence, if it is unavoidable, is to get it out of the way rapidly and then get yourself out of the way even more rapidly before the police arrive.

Originally Posted by CoolGirl

oooh, is this one still going?

Thulfi - I'm glad we understood each other in the end (although why other people feel the need to throw random insults at me is a mystery). I was wondering today, you must have got a nasty knock to the noggin. I hope you got yourself checked out - you must know only too well how these things can cause other issues.

lool, surprised it is still going on. yeeh good job we didnt end up in a fight coolgirl (lol/kiddin)..my heads ok, but ive got looads of little cuts in my mouth (one for the dentists) from when apparently they must have been doing my mouth in when i was on the floor...im a fatty, but eating is a real pain now and it sucks!

Reassuring to hear about the legal stance of this situation. You can see why the police would take everybody in, as how are they to know otherwise?...Happy it didnt come to that!...

Incidentally, if police arrive at a scene where a guy has been Ko'd (and still is) by say 3 guys, would they wait til the KO'd dude recovers then take him in, or would they bring in an ambulance then take him in,or would they not even take him in at all??

I guess the only plus to getting Ko'd on a sat nite is that i slept like a baby on Sun nite, as I was so out of it the whole of sunday, lol!...but yeeh on the whole concussions are usually no biggy...hopefully!!