Witnesses an attempted mugging
Everyon in b3ta seems to have been almost mugged, its spooky.
I was going through Paisley train station late one night when a fella asks me for "50p fer the train mate..." as they often do, I started to blank out what he was saying and tapped my pocket saying I had no change.
Of course as I tap my pocket the change in my pocket clangs together.
"whats that then?"
"My taxi fare"
"give me that then"
"er no"
I see him pointing his finger through his jacket pocket.
"I've got a knife mate, just gimmie the money"
"have you fuck mate"
Then he kinda pauses and a slow motion moment happens, like you get when sober and you're all jacked up on adrenaline from expecting a junkie of trying to mug you.
He goes to punch me, I'm holding a bag in each hand, what do I do? quater of a second later my forehead is squishing his nose into his face.
One junkie on his arse with a busted face gibbering about how he was sorry and how he "didnae ken who I was". I walk off sharpish in shock and hoping that I wouldn't piss my pants or have a junkie with a real knife following me.
I went into a local kebab shop to clean the blood of my face and upon telling them of my junkie slaying was given a free portion of chips.

Not sure if technically I was the one that commited a crime as I assualted him then left him.
( Laird Dave Draws Now charges to take off his clothes., Sun 17 Feb 2008, 1:15, 3 replies)

You'd be fine
Clear case of self defence. Woo for law degrees and woo for junkie slaying.
(Martin1337 was trying and failing to be funny at, Sun 17 Feb 2008, 9:33, closed)

pishley
Ah, the Gilmour Street Goons...
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Sun 17 Feb 2008, 22:07, closed)

Self defence.
Hitting him enough to stop him hitting you = self defence.

Putting the boot in after that = assault.

You're fine.
(Musuko, Tue 19 Feb 2008, 12:36, closed)