bigfluffylemon wrote:Stokes has started to give evidence, and his version of events, especially that around the alleged banter/abuse directed towards the gay couple, is very different from the bouncer's.
I wonder if either or both of Kai Barry and William O'Connor will be called as witnesses. One would assume they'd have to be.
budgetmeansbudget wrote:Judge has moved to find Ryan Hale not guilty of the charge!
Not even half way through, from just the evidence of statements and interviews his case has been thrown out by the judge, why the feck was he charged in the first place?
sussexpob wrote:Stokes claiming his messed up hand is a result of a cricketing injury.... is that what they call punching a locker now
budgetmeansbudget wrote:sussexpob wrote:Stokes claiming his messed up hand is a result of a cricketing injury.... is that what they call punching a locker now
I guess the finger injuries are cricketing injuries, the locker injury was more of wrist/lower hand injury, but yes it is quite amusing to hear him talk about it.
I'm getting more surprised about how Hales has got away without getting charged with something with some of the evidence coming out this morning, and it seems his account of what happened maybe inaccurate, claiming he didn't turn up until the fight was over. The CCTV footage suggests that wasn't the case!
KipperJohn wrote:For the record, if the reporting is correct, Ryan Hale was formally found not guilty after the judge’s ruling, discharged and left the dock.
Judge Blair told jurors that he had considered whether they would be able to find that Mr Hale "used or threatened unlawful violence".
"There hasn't been any evidence whatsoever that he did so," the judge told them.
"The next thing you see him doing is taking his t-shirt off and putting it under the head of Ryan Ali, who has been knocked senseless to the road surface.
"I have come to the conclusion that I should exercise my responsibility of directing you that there is no case to answer against Ryan Hale, the third defendant.
"Upon analysis of the evidence, in terms of what the law would require to be proven, I have come to the conclusion that you cannot properly convict him of the charge of affray."
The court clerk directed Mr Hale to stand and asked the jury foreman: "Do you find him not guilty?"
The jury foreman replied: "Yes".
Ben Stokes began giving evidence on Thursday afternoon
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