ST’s defence is that he hit him as self defence. Which doesn’t stack up to the independent witness account. I think there’s a fair chance he will be doing time.I don’t dispute the witness and I’ve said the same on the thread dedicated to it on here.
But it’s true that the victim has given a statement about the incident which he now says he can’t remember doing due to his brain injury. How do you explain the fact someone must be deemed medically capable to give a statement before doing so AND before any statement is taken the police will ascertain their capacity to go ahead by engaging in small talk and watching them, if at any point they thought he wasn’t capable they would have stopped the interview too.
it’s a very important point that the person giving the statement has to be of sound mind and the fact a statement was taken shows the police believed him to be. I hope he doesn’t want to rely on any facts he gave in his statement now because he can’t have it both ways.