Courts get tough on assault, when driving off violent gatecrashers

did they break any beer steins? or just turn up and bludgeon the bloke’s brother

I would have done exactly the same thing..no question. In fact, I applaud what he did to protect his own family.

Justice Higgins (& anyone else in the same position) would do well to keep in mind what the community considers acceptable behaviour. Crashing parties aremed with baseball bats with the intent of being violent is NOT acceptable. Chasing them away using necessary force after watching your own brother get violently assaulted IS acceptable.

What message are we trying to send here? “It’s OK to crash parties with bats & hurt people…the law will protect you”. Fuck that. I was quite angrey when I read about this in the paper. The law is an arse.

Personal responsibility folks, personal responsibility.

I dunno G,

if the bloke had just attacked your party with a baseball bat, and you thought your brother was dead as a result, how would you react?

He should have used the Cook defence. I just kept hitting him until he stopped your honour. Perfectly legitimate self defence arguement in the ACT as I see it. O r maybe he wasn’t entitled to using it because he didn’t kill him.

On the other hand. 3 months of weekend detention for braining a bloke with a letter box is far from tough. It’s in line with ACT sentencing.

G