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Title: Magistrate will be asked to consider an assault victim is a 'six-foot-six, 120kg
Post by: stephaniec on November 27, 2015, 08:51:39 AM
Post by: stephaniec on November 27, 2015, 08:51:39 AM
Magistrate will be asked to consider an assault victim is a 'six-foot-six, 120kg transgender person' when he sentences the man found guilty for fracturing her cheekbone and eye socket
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3334605/Magistrate-asked-consider-size-transgender-assault-victim.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
The Daily Mail/By Australian Associated Press and Candace Sutton for Daily Mail Australia
Published: 03:19 EST, 26 November 2015 | Updated: 03:48 EST, 26 November 2015
"A magistrate will be asked to consider that an assault victim is a 'six-foot-six, 120kg transgender person' when he sentences a man who attacked her during a night out at the pub.
Stephanie McCarthy suffered a fractured cheekbone and eye socket after being held down and repeatedly bashed by a gang of young men at the Town Hall Hotel - known as 'the Townie' - in inner west Sydney's Newtown on the early hours of June 6."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3334605/Magistrate-asked-consider-size-transgender-assault-victim.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
The Daily Mail/By Australian Associated Press and Candace Sutton for Daily Mail Australia
Published: 03:19 EST, 26 November 2015 | Updated: 03:48 EST, 26 November 2015
"A magistrate will be asked to consider that an assault victim is a 'six-foot-six, 120kg transgender person' when he sentences a man who attacked her during a night out at the pub.
Stephanie McCarthy suffered a fractured cheekbone and eye socket after being held down and repeatedly bashed by a gang of young men at the Town Hall Hotel - known as 'the Townie' - in inner west Sydney's Newtown on the early hours of June 6."
Title: Re: Magistrate will be asked to consider an assault victim is a 'six-foot-six, 120kg
Post by: Beth Andrea on November 27, 2015, 09:35:53 AM
Post by: Beth Andrea on November 27, 2015, 09:35:53 AM
OMG what nonsense. A "gang of young men" > one person, no matter their physical size/weight.
In addition, it seems to me that ANY attack against someone who is not willing or able to fight back is still an attack, regardless of any other factors.
In addition, it seems to me that ANY attack against someone who is not willing or able to fight back is still an attack, regardless of any other factors.