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Bouncer given 18 months jail for deliberately setting fire to man in sheep costume

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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 8,916
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    At least the revellers didn't have to find a kebab shop at chucking out time.
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    UKMikeyUKMikey Posts: 28,728
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    If only the bouncer had set fire to a copy of the Daily Mail instead, then he wouldn't've been sent down.
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    Dr. ClawDr. Claw Posts: 7,375
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    lol at "unlawful wounding"

    more like attempted murder 10 years minimum
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    Philip WalesPhilip Wales Posts: 6,373
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    Well I suppose it's not murder, because it wasn't premeditated.
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    UKMikeyUKMikey Posts: 28,728
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    Philip Wales wrote: »
    Well I suppose it's not murder, because it wasn't premeditated.
    Sounds like manslaughter to me. Unless the bouncer only intended to set part of his costume alight? :confused:
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    HarrisonMarksHarrisonMarks Posts: 4,360
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    If he genuinely thought it was a sheep it would have been two weeks community service. You can do what you like to sheep.
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    spkxspkx Posts: 14,870
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    Philip Wales wrote: »
    Well I suppose it's not murder, because it wasn't premeditated.
    UKMikey wrote: »
    Sounds like manslaughter to me. Unless the bouncer only intended to set part of his costume alight? :confused:

    The guy didn't die, so it could never be murder/manslaughter...
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    UKMikeyUKMikey Posts: 28,728
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    spkx wrote: »
    The guy didn't die, so it could never be murder/manslaughter...
    Whoops. How about attempted murder? I don't understand how you can set somebody on fire and expect them to walk away afterwards.
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    dee123dee123 Posts: 46,274
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    UKMikey wrote: »
    If only the bouncer had set fire to a copy of the Daily Mail instead, then he wouldn't've been sent down.

    :confused: I thought that was a quick and inexpensive way to summon the devil.
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    UKMikeyUKMikey Posts: 28,728
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    dee123 wrote: »
    :confused: I thought that was a quick and inexpensive way to summon the devil.
    From what I've heard the preferred method is to recite the name "Littlejohn" five times while facing a mirror.
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    dee123dee123 Posts: 46,274
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    UKMikey wrote: »
    From what I've heard the preferred method is to recite the name "Littlejohn" five times while facing a mirror.

    :o What happens if you say Piers Morgan?
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    UKMikeyUKMikey Posts: 28,728
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    dee123 wrote: »
    :o What happens if you say Piers Morgan?
    A photographer turns up and urinates on you?
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    dee123dee123 Posts: 46,274
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    UKMikey wrote: »
    A photographer turns up and urinates on you?

    Oh. See, i thought Jeremy Clarkson would pop out of nowhere and punch you.
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    Merkin ParadeMerkin Parade Posts: 277
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    Wow, get a room you two. Your circlejerk is taking over the thread
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    UKMikeyUKMikey Posts: 28,728
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    Merkin Parade wrote: »
    Wow, get a room you two. Your circlejerk is taking over the thread
    What thread? There's naff all else happening in it.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 6,279
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    I know I shouldn't, but I think this story is hysterical. I'm like the Roman soldiers in Life of Brian....
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 929
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    Wasn't it an accident. I'm all in defense of this poor lad but i don't see anywhere in the article where it mentions it was deliberate.
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    UKMikeyUKMikey Posts: 28,728
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    3sweet5u wrote: »
    Wasn't it an accident. I'm all in defense of this poor lad but i don't see anywhere in the article where it mentions it was deliberate.
    Rereading the article I'm inclined to agree with you.
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    jzeejzee Posts: 25,498
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    3sweet5u wrote: »
    Wasn't it an accident. I'm all in defense of this poor lad but i don't see anywhere in the article where it mentions it was deliberate.
    Obviously the defendant claimed it was an accident, but it was judged otherwise.
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    dee123dee123 Posts: 46,274
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    Merkin Parade wrote: »
    Wow, get a room you two. Your circlejerk is taking over the thread

    You have 98 posts newbie. Respect your elders.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 68,508
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    3sweet5u wrote: »
    Wasn't it an accident. I'm all in defense of this poor lad but i don't see anywhere in the article where it mentions it was deliberate.

    It was described as 'a prank'. Presumably the bouncer had not taken on board the fact that the costume was covered with hairspray (which is incredibly inflammable). He deserved to go to prison, but the comments underneath the article characteristically go much too far.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 32,379
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    UKMikey wrote: »
    Sounds like manslaughter to me. Unless the bouncer only intended to set part of his costume alight? :confused:

    He didn't die. How could it be manslaughter:confused:
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    Corkhead.Corkhead. Posts: 445
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    At least this happened in Preston and not Prestatyn. I dread to think what might have happened.
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    MagicCoppeliaMagicCoppelia Posts: 21,106
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    What a rotten thing to do!.
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    annette kurtenannette kurten Posts: 39,543
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    what did he expect to happen when holding a lighter to cotton wool?
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