W*nker in a Beemer

evil_breakfast
evil_breakfast Posts: 487
edited March 2011 in Commuting chat
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ma ... r-12675763

Footage says it all really
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    i canny see the video?

    just the write up, have i missed something obvious?

    found it!

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  • jonny_trousers
    jonny_trousers Posts: 3,588
    Great that the police are taking it so seriously, but possibly the most anti-climactic cyclist assault caught on camera ever.
  • dilemna
    dilemna Posts: 2,187
    The footage shows an angry guy, whether it would be sufficient evidence to prosecute for assault is not clear. Maybe public order offences? Not taking anything away from the cyclist but the footage doesn't appear that clear.
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  • singlespeedexplosif
    singlespeedexplosif Posts: 1,564
    edited March 2011
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    dilemna wrote:
    The footage shows an angry guy, whether it would be sufficient evidence to prosecute for assault is not clear. Maybe public order offences? Not taking anything away from the cyclist but the footage doesn't appear that clear.

    I was lead to understand that if you are genuinely afraid for your own safety then it is considered assault?

    (not seen the video as I need to hear it to put it into context)
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  • kurako
    kurako Posts: 1,098
    Black beemer in Manchester? He's lucky he didn't get shot!
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  • oodboo
    oodboo Posts: 2,171
    I'd have kicked some sense in to the little w*nker. It's about time cyclists started standing up for themselves.
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  • Robstar24
    Robstar24 Posts: 173
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    dilemna wrote:
    The footage shows an angry guy, whether it would be sufficient evidence to prosecute for assault is not clear. Maybe public order offences? Not taking anything away from the cyclist but the footage doesn't appear that clear.

    I was lead to understand that if you are genuinely afraid for your own safety then it is considered assault?

    (not seen the video as I need to hear it to put it into context)

    correct, assault is actually giving the victim fear that they will suffer imminent actual bodily harm, so no contact is needed. but assault is the common parlance for low-level thuggery/violence on the person.

    battery is the obvious one here, or assault occasioning actual bodily harm, depending on what harm the victim suffered.
  • jeremyrundle
    jeremyrundle Posts: 1,014
    Thank god someone with a headcam now knows tha value, this is the quality available from the £9 ebay ones. Which by the way are now £50 in Maplins.
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