Tim Harrington, Lennox Head.
Re: Cameron Bell’s article It couldn’t have happened to a nicer bloke.
It must take a highly qualified legal mind to present a judgement that a headbuttee is the person responsible for the headbutt, rather than the headbutter.
And Mr Bell, if you are indeed a witness the debilitating effects of violence on victims, the court of public opinion would not consider you to be an expert witness.
I guess that this is why the decisions of some of our learned judicial minds are at odds with normal principles of honesty and fairness.
We get the judicial system we deserve if we are not prepared to stand up to this bullying from the legal profession.


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