To think that the Justice system is completely f***ed?

I do not understand why the Palestinian protests are allowed to carry on .

We were in Leeds a few weeks back and a big protest about Kurds in Syria …why again it’s that going on!

Bottles were flying and it was very disturbing.

We shouldn’t have this here all the ME crowd making it feel unsafe in our city centres. Just no.

Have you not read anything about the case before commenting?

They attacked a police officer with a sledgehammer. One of them was therefore on trial for GBH with intent (among all of the other charges). The jury failed to come to a verdict - there were a lot of attempts to influence the jury from outside.

Tweet something awful and prison.

Smash into a factory with a van. Use sledgehammers to damage property. Use a sledgehammer and actually break a policewoman's spine. So far no prison sentences.

Two tier system. Palestine and Israel conflict which has ended isn't for us to sort, we can't anyway. Protesters might be better off going to Gaza to help out with rebuilding.

They did assault someone, a policewoman had her spine broken by a sledgehammer. So far not dealt with or perhaps that doesn't matter since they were protesting about Palestine.

It is ludicrous it was all caught on video.
They planned to break in and do wilful damage the guy swung a sledgehammer at the police.
I despair they are as guilty as sin! Who the heck was on the jury.
They need to be locked up …people were jailed for tweets and this crew are being found not guilty!
What a shit show !
What punishment will they receive?

Didnt some members of the group take whips to the incident? Surely that proves planning and intent to harm humans? Whips are not much use against physical property.

I cant get my head around this ( lack of ) verdict. I hope will be sorted at retrial.

So let the twats get away with doing whatever they please? Seriously?

I’m Jewish and I avoid going in to central London in a Saturday. People are obsessed with Palestine. I don’t see marches supporting Ukraine anymore and Russia are still bombing, where’s the outcry re Iran and Sudan from the leftists?

This verdict just sums up all the fuckery.

One could suppose that they are supporters of Palestine Action too.

Very good point. The Defend Our Juries group are the people who have actively been demonstrating on behalf of Palestine Action.

Keir Starmer is a bastard, have I spelt bastard correctly?

It wasn't a burglary though. It was a protest. I'm sure if they assaulted someone or caused criminal damage then they could be done for that.

Bias in the jury.

So how is it Keir Starmer's fault that the Colston Four jury decided to acquit way back before he was PM?

Well thank you @Mithral for your condescending response. Good “squirrel” for making a spelling error a focal point! Am sure you would never make such a crass error…
My understanding is the 2020 Bristol incident is an example where this criminal damage was treated with leniency in contrast with the swift, heavy-handed actions on the rioters in 2024.

Surely it was a charge of GBH? That must have stuck? It’s jury bias here or the wrong charge.

They did quite well this time. Despite being on camera using a truck to smash their way in and a policewoman ending up being hit by one of their sledgehammers, they all had them in the video footage, apparently the jury struggled for hours with charges. Palestine Action appear to do what they want. Interesting 'justice' system we have! What next?

Also, if there is a retrial of any of them, they are hardly going to get a fair trial now after the way the news channels have reported it.

How is Keir (please note spelling) responsible for the Bristol statue thing?

This, it’s frightening and definitely a two tier judicial system. Well done Kier and Labour.

I think the jury were intimidated in this case

The rot set in when those thugs in Bristol threw a statue into the water and got away with that

I cannot believe that they got away with this!!! It’s utterly appalling, they could have killed the police woman, she will have to live with those injuries for life now. Sickening how low our justice system has fallen

It’s been a while since I worked in this field it I’m sure the “reasonable doubt” instruction has now changed

Intent effectively means behaviour that you know could lead to certain outcomes.

So for example, if you hit someone with your car because you weren’t fully concentrating or you were speeding, that can be considered intent. The fact you didn’t set out to hit them doesn’t mean intent doesn’t exist. If you are driving perfectly safely and someone throws themselves in front of your car, it can be proven that that’s not intent.

The fact Thomas Corner (I think his name is) didn’t set out to break a police officer’s back, but did it anyway, doesn’t mean there was no intent.

It’s weirdly more complicated than it should be.