Steve Gerrard

[kinboshi]

Andy Grey will have a moan about inconsistencies using video evidence now.  Joey Barton's probably a bit miffed at the mo.

Except that Barton's video showed him repeatedly smacking someone in the face.

[WarBwastard]

Andy Grey will have a moan about inconsistencies using video evidence now.  Joey Barton's probably a bit miffed at the mo.

Except that Barton's video showed him repeatedly smacking someone in the face.

Let's not pretend the verdict would have been the same if young Joey was the defendant here.

[Matt50]

I bet the other 6 are glad they all admitted to affray!

Wonder how many Liverpool fans were on the jury?

[kinboshi]

Andy Grey will have a moan about inconsistencies using video evidence now.  Joey Barton's probably a bit miffed at the mo.

Except that Barton's video showed him repeatedly smacking someone in the face.

Let's not pretend the verdict would have been the same if young Joey was the defendant here.

Let's not pretend that the incident would have been the same if young Joey was the defendant here.

[Colchester Kev]

LOL yet another example of an overpaid wanker setting a marvellous example to his many fans .... sigh, a chance to make a firm statement that that sort of behaviour is unacceptable goes begging.

Lets not be so fkin naive to think that if the accused was an "average joe" he wouldnt be at the very least having to pay a hefty fine and have a criminal record.

Justice my arse.

[david3103]

Andy Grey will have a moan about inconsistencies using video evidence now.  Joey Barton's probably a bit miffed at the mo.

Except that Barton's video showed him repeatedly smacking someone in the face.

Let's not pretend the verdict would have been the same if young Joey was the defendant here.

Let's not pretend that the incident would have been the same if young Joey was the defendant here.

quality response

[AndrewT]

If I ever get caught on CCTV punching a guy who isn't fighting back I want Steve G's lawyer to argue my 'self-defence' case.

[sledge13]

No member of Joe public would have got away with this....disgrace!

[outragous76]

[  ] justice
[ x ] now has 5 friends who are slightly better off after this incident

[david3103]

But Seriously, the jury obviously took it all at Face Value, looked at Both Sides, and having heard Stevie Testify they made a decision Against All Odds and although I've read the news I Cannot Believe It's True.

[Teacake]

lol,Stevie G comes out of that footage looking like a right pussy. Waits til the fellas been elbowed by his mate then thinks he's Ricky Hatton.

Coward.

[ripple11]

Could continue with possible civil action for damages, I would suggest,.... with Gerrard settling out of court.

[sovietsong]

LOL yet another example of an overpaid wanker setting a marvellous example to his many fans .... sigh, a chance to make a firm statement that that sort of behaviour is unacceptable goes begging.

Lets not be so fkin naive to think that if the accused was an "average joe" he wouldnt be at the very least having to pay a hefty fine and have a criminal record.

Justice my arse.

how many fights have you seen with 'average joes' where nothing at all comes of it?  I think the average joe's get away with more than the footballers.

[bolt pp]

LOL yet another example of an overpaid wanker setting a marvellous example to his many fans .... sigh, a chance to make a firm statement that that sort of behaviour is unacceptable goes begging.

Lets not be so fkin naive to think that if the accused was an "average joe" he wouldnt be at the very least having to pay a hefty fine and have a criminal record.

Justice my arse.

how many fights have you seen with 'average joes' where nothing at all comes of it?  I think the average joe's get away with more than the footballers.

what happend that night happends 10,000 times every weekend, do you put every postman, electrician, deliveryman, office worker that goes out and has a little scrap through the legal system? the judiciary would collapse.

[G1BTW]

If I ever get caught on CCTV punching a guy who isn't fighting back I want Steve G's lawyer to argue my 'self-defence' case.

If I ever get caught on CCTV punching a guy who isn't fighting back I want to be able to demonstrate in court that I held the reasonable belief that he was about to take a swing at me and punched him before he punched me.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8167000.stm

Judge Henry Globe told him: "The verdict is a credible verdict on the full facts of this case, and you walk away from this court with your reputation intact.

"You did not start the violence, it was started by the violent elbowing of Marcus McGee in the face by one of your friends John Doran," he added.
  
"At all times you insisted that you only ever acted in what you believed was reasonable self-defence to what you understandably, albeit you accept mistakenly, believed was an attempted attack upon you by Marcus McGee.

"What at first sight to the casual observer may seem to have been a clear-cut case against you of unlawful violence, has been nowhere near as clear-cut upon careful analysis of the evidence."


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It doesn't look at all like that is the case in the video footage however, and I am left wondering how what appears to be an unjustified attack could ever have been pre-emptive self-defence.