Ben Stokes trial - England cricketer 'mocked gay men' outside Bristol club

[arista]

He flicked a fag at them.
https://e3.365dm.com/18/08/992x558/skynews-ben-stokes-arrives-court-bristol_4381876.jpg?bypass-service-worker&20180806085326

https://news.sky.com/story/england-cricketer-ben-stokes-in-court-for-affray-11462973


Let the Courts decide

[Oliver_W]

He flicked a fag at them.



So he threw one gay at another?

[Beso]

Bloody cheek, him playing cricket an that.

[Smithy]

So he threw one gay at another?

Is that meant to be funny ;/

[Beso]

Is that meant to be funny ;/

Does it offend you still? The word fag?

[Smithy]

Does it offend you still? The word fag?

If someone called me it in person it would, but that joke was so ****ing bad it offended me

[Beso]

If someone called me it in person it would, but that joke was so ****ing bad it offended me

It was ****, i will give you that....

Can i throw a scenario at you?....i know if someone just randomly spat the word in your face...well i would punch them for you if i was there....


But what if you had just met some random bloke on your travels, and you are talking away for an hour....or so...

He then cracks a similar joke, would that really offend you?

[Oliver_W]

Is that meant to be funny ;/

It was ****, i will give you that....

Everyone hates my jokes :(

[arista]

[LIVE: England cricketer Ben Stokes was 'upset after bouncer rejected handshake' outside Bristol club]

Day 2 in court

https://news.sky.com/story/live-england-cricketer-ben-stokes-back-in-court-for-affray-outside-bristol-club-11464079

https://e3.365dm.com/18/08/992x558/skynews-ben-stokes-court-arrival-bristol_4382692.jpg?bypass-service-worker&20180807093930

[JoshBB]

If he was genuinely mocking gays then I hope he gets the punishment he deserves. Money shouldn't excuse hate

[Beso]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-bristol-45182868



Not guilty.

[GoldHeart]

On the wright stuff they mentioned it , sounds like they're not entirely sure he was being homophobic :conf: , didn't he also defend some gay guys ?? in this brawl?.

[Mystic Mock]

Everyone hates my jokes :(

Well you thought on the same wavelength as me which is never a good sign.:joker:

[kirklancaster]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-bristol-45182868



Not guilty.

:laugh: Another great example of our 2 tier British justice system - how fortunate for the exonerated man that he was not; 'Ben Stokes' unemployed labourer from a council estate.

[MTVN]

:laugh: Another great example of our 2 tier British justice system - how fortunate for the exonerated man that he was not; 'Ben Stokes' unemployed labourer from a council estate.

To be fair the other two guys involved were also found not guilty and there was nothing famous about them

[hijaxers]

:laugh: Another great example of our 2 tier British justice system - how fortunate for the exonerated man that he was not; 'Ben Stokes' unemployed labourer from a council estate.

Something terribly dodgy about the whole case !

[Kazanne]

Something terribly dodgy about the whole case !

I agree,I feel money has changed hands.

[bots]

given all the evidence given at the trial, i'm struggling to see how the verdict was not guilty

Affray:

(1) A person is guilty of affray if he uses or threatens unlawful violence towards another and his conduct is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety.
(2) Where 2 or more persons use or threaten the unlawful violence, it is the conduct of them taken together that must be considered for the purposes of subsection (1).
(3) For the purposes of this section a threat cannot be made by the use of words alone.
(4) No person of reasonable firmness need actually be, or be likely to be, present at the scene.
(5) Affray may be committed in private as well as in public places.

[arista]

I agree,I feel money has changed hands.


All Done and Dusted Now