Rtold a man at Glamorgan Assizes on January 13, charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm on another man, that his victim ‘had thoroughly deserved to be beaten up to teach him a lesson.’ The man, who pleaded guilty to the charge, attacked his victim when he saw him indecently expose himself before two boys. The victim received a fractured leg and laceration of the lip. The judge told the attacker he could be forgiven for hitting his victim with his fists and knocking him down, but he ‘made a mistake’ in using his boots when the other man was lying on the ground. He added: ‘I think anybody can readily understand your rage. I would say he thoroughly deserved to be beaten up to teach him a lesson. You were no doubt doing a public service but you lost your temper and went too far.’
The WeekThe Week Vol. 3, No. 3, 20 January 1965
Do-it-yourself law R, JUSTICE STREATFIELD
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