micmclo wrote: » Giving him a beating would see you in court tbh
bermuda wrote: » According to other people on the street apparently this man was getting beat up next to / in Penny's by a couple of men, he walked away from that fight and simply walked down the street, right upto my wife and punched her in the face.
chopperbyrne wrote: » Please don't take this the wrong way as I certainly wouldn't defend or condone the actions of this man, but if the above happened he could very well have been concussed and simply wasn't aware of what he was doing. I wouldn't be surprised if he has no memory of it at all. I was knocked out a few months back and didn't just lose a few minutes memory, I lost about five hours worth and I can tell you that the hospital staff and other patients were apparently very annoyed with some of my actions (although none as extreme as attacking someone).
ScienceNerd wrote: » Only person who seems to have noticed this. Obviously it's horrible what happen to your wife and she has my full sympathy, but I wish people would think for two seconds before calling the guy a scumbag. He clearly wasn't right in the head and it's very possible a head injury could have something to do with it
bermuda wrote: » Just wanted to share a really scary story..... My wife and myself were walking down Parnell Street last evening and suddenly a man walked upto my wife and punched her in the face. This was around 7 50 pm last evening right in front of the what used to be the old video store and now is a asian superstore. According to other people on the street apparently this man was getting beat up next to / in Penny's by a couple of men, he walked away from that fight and simply walked down the street, right upto my wife and punched her in the face. He simply stood there over her after she fell to the ground, completely comatose and then simply calmly walked on. I was in complete shock, everything seemed to be in slow motion, I can still see my wife hitting the ground and I seemed to be watching her from outside my body. As he moved i ran after him as people collected around my wife and grabbed him by the collar, he simply turned again in a completely comatose fashion and stared at me and then simply kept on walking. I raced back to my wife , held her, tried to let her let me see her face to see how badly she was hurt. I didnt have my cell on me, yelled at someone in the crowd to give me a cell phone, someone called the garda whilst I got up and raced down the street after the guy. All the while no one interfered or tried to stop him. He had turned into the street behind Ilac centre. I yelled at him to stop and asked someone on the street for a cell phone to call the garda again. I kept running up to catch up with him, whilst I heard running steps behind me, the garda had arrived and raced ahead to catch him. There were a couple of asian boys with them who had raced with them since they had witnessed the whole thing. The garda caught the man, he simply still remained comatose and gave himself up without saying a word. Went back to to my wife, she was now standing up against the door of the store, the garda took our statements and sent us to Mater for her checkup. She has a nasty bruise, right check is all swollen up, but not injury to her teeth, nose or eye. Had xrays done this morning. Thank God! I am still in shock that something like that would happen.....completely unprovoked........I think my wife is going to be very scared to venture out after this and I am not sure how to reassure her...am trying , but realise it will take some days. I know the attack wasnt racist ( am asian and so is my wife). It was just random , unprovoked and makes me really sad and horrified. I intend to prosecute the man to the fullest extent of the law - not sure what that would constitute.
Stekelly wrote: » Theres very little chance of ending up in court for giving him a hiding. Even the most hard nosed of Gards would put that down to defending your wife. Plenty of people get hurt while being restrained.
bermuda wrote: » I intend to prosecute the man to the fullest extent of the law - not sure what that would constitute.
MagicMarker wrote: » Sorry about what happened to your wife, but you got a hold of this guy and then let him calmly walk away? WTF is wrong with you? I am by no means a violent person, but if someone hurt a partner or even just a friend like this, then that person would have a hard time walking for the rest of their life!!
Sqaull20 wrote: » Its about the only time you can get away going Tyson on someone. This would come natural to most I think, no offence OP but you should have ripped the **** out of him no matter how big or ****ed up he was..
