Beat man to death with a baseball bat get found not guilty

Gatling

Missed this during the week apologies for the title
Two Nigerian chaps get into a fight in swords in broad daylight one pulled a baseball bat from his BMW during some fisty cuffs when he looses the bat he gets a second bat from his car and smashes his former friend skull in killing him in the process
Goes to trial not found guilty of murder and cant be found guilty of manslaughter
Is there anything that comes with consequences in this country

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/criminal-court/man-cleared-of-murdering-a-man-with-baseball-bat-1.2190706

Sheep Lover

That's what I call a prepared man. Not one, but two baseball bats in your car.

The people who heard all the facts decided that he acted in self defence. It's hardly outrageous.

mikemac1

Deleted User wrote: »

The people who heard all the facts decided that he acted in self defence.

There's a higher court in this land and it's After Hours

worded

The force was strong in that one

c_man

A father of four has been cleared of murdering a man with a baseball bat in broad daylight on a busy street in what one witness described as “like something out of Star Wars”.

Wait, you what now?

Gatling

[Deleted User] wrote: »

The people who heard all the facts decided that he acted in self defence. It's hardly outrageous.

Self defence my ass ,

Just happened to have 2 baseball bats to hand of course while apparently getting documents out of his boot,one witness said he already had a bat in hand before the fisty cuffs

Bongalongherb

Bat sh!t crazy people.

dxhound2005

Gatling wrote: »

Missed this during the week apologies for the title
Two Nigerian chaps get into a fight in swords in broad daylight one pulled a baseball bat from his BMW during some fisty cuffs when he looses the bat he gets a second bat from his car and smashes his former friend skull in killing him in the process
Goes to trial not found guilty of murder and cant be found guilty of manslaughter
Is there anything that comes with consequences in this country

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/criminal-court/man-cleared-of-murdering-a-man-with-baseball-bat-1.2190706

Please read the report in your link again and amend your précis. It is inaccurate and misleading.

Gatling

Gatling wrote: »

Self defence my ass ,

Just happened to have 2 baseball bats to hand of course while apparently getting documents out of his boot,one witness said he already had a bat in hand before the fisty cuffs

Again, the jury who heard the evidence over 2 weeks decided he acted in self defence.

Do you have access to something they were not aware of, to enable you dismiss their input with your ass?

Gatling

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Please read the report in your link again and amend your précis. It is inaccurate and misleading.

What exactly is miss leading

ArmaniJeanss

You'd have to wonder why there was 6+ days of evidence, and then the jury spent 7 hours deliberating it, when all it takes a good citizen like the OP to come up with a verdict is a 300 word summation.

cloud493

Swords for you.

Gatling

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

You'd have to wonder why there was 6+ days of evidence, and then the jury spent 7 hours deliberating it, when all it takes a good citizen like the OP to come up with a verdict is a 300 word summation.

Because I can

dxhound2005

Gatling wrote: »

What exactly is miss leading

This bit.

he looses the bat he gets a second bat from his car

SEPT 23 1989

baseball bat fight ends in a death

Swords Co Dublin Ireland

Gatling

dxhound2005 wrote: »

This bit.

he looses the bat he gets a second bat from his car

"punching him in the jaw before grabbing a bat. He testified that it was only then that he took the second bat out of the car"

He had the first bat and then grabbed a second ,

Should have said dual weiled baseball bats ?

dxhound2005

Gatling wrote: »

"punching him in the jaw before grabbing a bat. He testified that it was only then that he took the second bat out of the car"

He had the first bat and then grabbed a second ,

Should have said dual weiled baseball bats ?

No go back and read it again. You will get it right eventually.

mikemac1

Godamn Nigerians and their foreign ways! They need to learn to integrate


In Ireland we settle disputes with hurleys and not baseball bats

Gatling

dxhound2005 wrote: »

No go back and read it again. You will get it right eventually.

I read it perfectly ,

Had one baseball bat

Claimed victim grabbed it ,

Took another baseball bat from the boot where he took the first one from,

That in mathematical terms is 1+1 = 2

tayto lover

Loads of people using baseball bats in fights.
Thought it must be a growing sport but you never see any results in the newspapers.

c_man

Would you guys prefer a hurl or a baseball bat, in facing off against a guy armed with a baseball bat>?

dxhound2005

Gatling wrote: »

I read it perfectly ,

Had one baseball bat

Claimed victim grabbed it ,

Took another baseball bat from the boot where he took the first one from,

That in mathematical terms is 1+1 = 2

This is what the newspaper reported.

Mr Akanbi pulled into a parking spot further down the street, opened his boot, got out and went to the back of the car. He testified that he was getting documents out of the boot for a meeting.

Mr Jamani crossed the road to the accused, there was shouting and each man soon took a baseball bat out of the boot of the BMW.

Mr Akanbi said that the deceased was the first to raise his hand, punching him in the jaw before grabbing a bat. He testified that it was only then that he took the second bat out of the car.


This is what you wrote in the first post.

Two Nigerian chaps get into a fight in swords in broad daylight one pulled a baseball bat from his BMW during some fisty cuffs when he looses the bat he gets a second bat from his car and smashes his former friend skull in killing him in the process

At this stage I will let others decide whether your summary is accurate.

Gatling

c_man wrote: »

Would you guys prefer a hurl or a baseball bat, in facing off against a guy armed with a baseball bat>?

12 guage shotgun every time ,

But id take a hurl over a baseball bat any day

fleet_admiral

cloud493 wrote: »

Swords for you.

Huh?

Gatling

dxhound2005 wrote: »

This is what the newspaper reported.

Mr Akanbi pulled into a parking spot further down the street, opened his boot, got out and went to the back of the car. He testified that he was getting documents out of the boot for a meeting.

Mr Jamani crossed the road to the accused, there was shouting and each man soon took a baseball bat out of the boot of the BMW.

Mr Akanbi said that the deceased was the first to raise his hand, punching him in the jaw before grabbing a bat. He testified that it was only then that he took the second bat out of the car.


This is what you wrote in the first post.

Two Nigerian chaps get into a fight in swords in broad daylight one pulled a baseball bat from his BMW during some fisty cuffs when he looses the bat he gets a second bat from his car and smashes his former friend skull in killing him in the process

At this stage I will let others decide whether your summary is accurate.

So they both took baseball bats out of the boot

dxhound2005

Gatling wrote: »

So they both took baseball bats out of the boot

That's what it says. There were two bats in the car boot. The report refers to bat number two as The Second Bat. The deceased had taken The First Bat from the boot before the accused took The Second Bat from the boot.

worded

Does Swords have a big baseball fan base?
Does Nigeria?

Gatling

worded wrote: »

Does Swords have a big baseball fan base?
Does Nigeria?

They have an international team

dxhound2005

worded wrote: »

Does Swords have a big baseball fan base?
Does Nigeria?

They are very big into their fencing.

dxhound2005

dxhound2005 wrote: »

That's what it says. There were two bats in the car boot. The report refers to bat number two as The Second Bat. The deceased had taken The First Bat from the boot before the accused took The Second Bat from the boot.

There was another one wrong spin as well.

Gatling wrote: »

Goes to trial not found guilty of murder and cant be found guilty of manslaughter

He could have been found guilty of manslaughter. Indeed the article outlines precisely how they could have arrived at this conclusion, for example if the self defence was excessive.

I suspect what the OP has never had the benefit of an explanation of just how high the bar is set in seeking a verdict beyond all reasonable doubt...along with the 2 weeks of evidence and the 7 hours of discussion with others who also sat through the evidence...

Sunnyisland

It seems them Nigerian lads are a bit batty...

Canis Lupus

Gatling wrote: »

"punching him in the jaw before grabbing a bat. He testified that it was only then that he took the second bat out of the car"

He had the first bat and then grabbed a second ,

Should have said dual weiled baseball bats ?

Might not have been levelled up and didn't want to deal with the off hand penalty for dual welding? /nerd

InitiumNovum

cloud493 wrote: »

Swords Bats for you.

FYP.

suicide_circus

NANANANANANANANA BATMAN