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Should The Car Driver Be Charged With Murder?
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Nah. Give him a medal. Saved the taxpayer the costs of a trial and years of imprisonment for the murderer.
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If he's tried by a jury with a similar mindset to those at the Colston trial, then he may well get banged up. Let's just hope if he does go to trial, the jury will have some common sense and find him not guilty.
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On the face of it he's a hero and the type of person we need more of, and so should be exonerated.
On the other hand, we don't know all the facts and he could actually be some local criminal up to his neck in it.
On the other hand, we don't know all the facts and he could actually be some local criminal up to his neck in it.
Man who drove at Maida Vale woman’s killer says he was trying to save her (msn.com)
Click on the link and watch the video, he doesn't come across as a thug.
A motorist who says he was trying to prevent a woman from being stabbed to death when he drove his car into her attacker has urged the police to reverse a decision to arrest him on suspicion of murder.
Yasmine Chkaifi, 43, was repeatedly and fatally stabbed by her ex-husband Leon McCaskre, 41, on a pavement in London’s Maida Vale on Monday morning. The motorist drove his blue Renault Clio into McCaskre, killing him.
The 26-year-old driver, who identified himself only as Abraham, issued a statement through his solicitor saying he had no intention of killing McCaskre and was only trying to stop him attacking Chkaifi. He urged the police to treat him as witness rather than a suspect.
“I do not see why I, as the person who tried to assist in the defence of other human beings, remain arrested and on bail under suspicion of murder,” he said. “I’ve asked my solicitor to contact the Metropolitan police to request that they consider de-arresting me and begin treating me as a witness to a tragic event rather than as a criminal.
“My instant thought was to protect the woman who had been stabbed and the public who were also being threatened. The vehicles ahead of me moved off which gave me the opportunity to intervene. I drove my vehicle towards the attacker in order to get him away from the woman he was attacking. I did not intend to harm the attacker, only intended to protect those being attacked.”
He added: “I have since learned that both the young lady and the attacker have died. I am deeply sorry that the man I tried to stop from attacking other people has died. It was never my intention to harm him.”
Click on the link and watch the video, he doesn't come across as a thug.
A motorist who says he was trying to prevent a woman from being stabbed to death when he drove his car into her attacker has urged the police to reverse a decision to arrest him on suspicion of murder.
Yasmine Chkaifi, 43, was repeatedly and fatally stabbed by her ex-husband Leon McCaskre, 41, on a pavement in London’s Maida Vale on Monday morning. The motorist drove his blue Renault Clio into McCaskre, killing him.
The 26-year-old driver, who identified himself only as Abraham, issued a statement through his solicitor saying he had no intention of killing McCaskre and was only trying to stop him attacking Chkaifi. He urged the police to treat him as witness rather than a suspect.
“I do not see why I, as the person who tried to assist in the defence of other human beings, remain arrested and on bail under suspicion of murder,” he said. “I’ve asked my solicitor to contact the Metropolitan police to request that they consider de-arresting me and begin treating me as a witness to a tragic event rather than as a criminal.
“My instant thought was to protect the woman who had been stabbed and the public who were also being threatened. The vehicles ahead of me moved off which gave me the opportunity to intervene. I drove my vehicle towards the attacker in order to get him away from the woman he was attacking. I did not intend to harm the attacker, only intended to protect those being attacked.”
He added: “I have since learned that both the young lady and the attacker have died. I am deeply sorry that the man I tried to stop from attacking other people has died. It was never my intention to harm him.”
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He’s not been charged. He was arrested under suspicion and is on police bail pending investigation. His solicitor is clearly pushing the lawful killing/reasonable force angle. He’s asking to be de-arrested not have the charges dropped.
He has a good defence based on the news report. Legal position is here: https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/self-defence-and-prevention-crime
He has a good defence based on the news report. Legal position is here: https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/self-defence-and-prevention-crime
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It's standard practice.
Same as the householder who stabbed a burglar .
Americans get very upset at stories from the Uk like this - maybe their arrest procedure is different, but ours is that it allows the potential for investigation.
Same as the householder who stabbed a burglar .
Americans get very upset at stories from the Uk like this - maybe their arrest procedure is different, but ours is that it allows the potential for investigation.
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Released without charge
Quite right too.
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Hopefully he will get some help getting over it all.
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