Walid Salem and Munir Hussain

Just to follow up on what I was saying to people yesterday:

Salem suffered brain damage and fractures, including a skull fracture, during the attack.

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Judge John Reddihough said it was “ironic” that the attack had left their victim unfit to plead for his knife attack, sparing him a “very long” period in jail. Salem was given a two-year supervision order.

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A neighbour urged them to stop and said Salem would be killed, he said. But they continued “like a pack of animals” and it was “fortuitous” he did not die, Judge Reddihough said.

He said: “You involved yourselves in a terribly violent and unnecessary assault on Waled Salem which amounted to a revenge attack.”

--Munir Hussain and brother Tokeer convicted over Desborough Park Road, High Wycombe GBH attack, Bucks Free Press, 2009-12-15

As far as I can tell, it was strictly speaking illegal for them to arm themselves, give chase and attack the guy when they caught him, but it's hard to imagine anyone pursuing them for that. It was the continued vicious assault after they'd already brought the guy to a halt that led to jail sentences.

Update: Thanks to autopope for linking to this below. What sort of society praises vigilantes with cricket bats?, Catherine Bennett, Observer, Sunday 20 December 2009

(Postscript re another conversation: Blu-Ray 3D will require special displays and there's a list of suitable displays here)