The U.S. soldiers clamored to the Australian bodyguard "I can kill you", and as a result ...

Author:Global Times Time:2022.09.03

According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) local time reported on the 2nd, the Australian Northern Territory High Court recently announced a surveillance video to the jury to trial a nightclub bodyguard that occurred in Darwin and the US Marine Corps team members conflict on limbs. case.

In the video, the U.S. soldiers seemed to be shouting, and pushed their arms across the bodyguard's face, and then fell to the ground by the other party. It is reported that he was still clamoring at the time: "I can kill you. I am a well -trained killer. I am a member of the US Marine Corps." The boxwater of the boxer finally sentenced to "serious damage caused by illegal behavior". Convicted.

Comprehensive Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the British "Daily Mail" and other reports. This incident took place in the early morning of last year (2021), Glen Thomason, a member of the US Marine Corps, Glen Thomason. He was kicked out of the "Monsoons" nightclub in the bar area of ​​Darwin. The 34 -year -old Hayden Summers was the security director of the nightclub.

On Friday (September 2nd), Samers faced the trial of the High Court of the Northern Territory. He was accused of "serious damage caused by illegal behavior" and "serious damage caused by negligence behavior".

The jury reviewed the surveillance video on the spot. In this no sound, you can see the confrontation process of the two.

It is reported that Tomson has always shouted at Summes emotionally, and "scratched his arms over the bodyguard's face." Two seconds later, Samers punch him to the ground, Tomson fell back to the ground when he fell back, and then lost consciousness.

The medical certificate obtained by the court showed that some skulls were removed during the treatment of Tomson for treatment, and serious injuries caused him to live for a long time and needed to receive rehabilitation treatment.

ABC said that the key to the trial of this case is to judge whether Samer's punch is "self -defense."

It is reported that Samers was a "experienced crowd controller" and has been working in the security industry for 15 years. His defense lawyer Peter Mali claimed that his party's boxing reaction was because of self -defense, and he had no intention of hurting Tomson.

Mali said in court: "All witnesses -most of them are other bodyguards -gave conclusive evidence to prove that the US Marine Corps player is aggressive and has confrontation with the parties."

According to the witness of the witnesses, they said that the Marine Corps players were unwilling to leave the door of the nightclub, and refused to calm down, and shouted constantly. And the meaning of the roaring in his mouth was: "I can kill you, I am a well -trained killer, and I am a member of the US Navy's land war."

Samers claimed that he was trying to ease tensions at the time of the incident and told Tomson "calm down." But at the time he saw the gesture and "death eyes" of Tomson, and he was afraid that the other party would hit himself, so he responded.

His lawyer also argued in court: "This punch is not unreasonable, and he is not kicked with a knife (stab) or his head (Tomason's) head."

Zuo for Hayden Summers. Figure from ABC

However, the prosecutor's opposition expressed his opposition and said that his testimony was inconsistent with the content of the surveillance video and was "lies."

The prosecution refuted that Tomson's gesture was not as "threat" as Sammers said. He was trying to explain to the other party at the time. The nightclub.

The report also mentioned that Tomson was "obviously dissatisfied with being kicked out of the nightclub" because he was not told that he was driven away.

Prosecutor Ian Rowbottom said the prosecution believes that Summes's boxing behavior is a "unreasonable" response. , Seeking help from colleagues, etc., "He could have pushed Tomson away instead of directly (a punch) 'kicking people out of the game'."

The monitoring picture of another perspective at the time of the incident

In the summary of the evidence, Judge Jenny Blokland told the jury that the reason why Tomson was coma and injured at present is because his head was hit by his fist, or his head hit On the way.

However, she reminded that Tomson "should not be hit like that."

According to ABC, Samers finally sentenced to the establishment of "serious damage caused by illegal behavior", and his father expressed his disappointment of the verdict outside the court. In addition, another sentence hearing in this case will be held on September 8.

Source: Observer.com

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