nightprowler10
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Hope he pulls through ok.
Induced coma, yes - quite a common approach in dealing with serious head injuries.Disgraceful incident. Is he confirmed to be in a coma?
I'm an accredited specialist in personal injury law who's spent 20 years in the field. My practice mainly deals with catastrophically injured people who have horrendous burns, spinal cord injuries or brain injuries. I've had cases here, in the US, NZ and in the UK and Ireland. I deal with MVAs, medical negligence, public liability, aircraft accidents, criminal and domestic violence cases all the time. I visit hopsitals regularly to both see clients and to deliver talks to social workers and other hospital staff about the legal rights of their patients. I have seen the figures relating to the causes of serious trauma, and I deal with them as part of my job every single day.
Apart from that, I wouldn't have the first idea.
nah no self respecting person goes into a fight with a 4 on 1 advantage. clearly the work of cowardsFind it ridiculous to have to say this, but could this have something to do with his boxing escapades?
A man who intervened in Jesse Ryder's "vicious" beating believed the cricketer was ambushed.
Regan Harvey, who has given a statement to the police, said the attack was completely unprovoked and he described it as a "Jesse hate fight".
Harvey said he was drinking at an outdoor table in Aikmans Bar when he heard a "dust up" outside.
"As I walked out there were a couple of guys beating up this one guy on the ground as they were calling him a wanker," he said.
One of the attackers did "two massive kicks" into Ryder's stomach and rib cage that were so violent it made Harvey "wince".
Harvey, 32, approached the group with his arms out saying: 'I think he has had enough, back off guys'.
"At that stage I was trying to weigh up how fight-ready these guys were, in case they tried to turn on me," he said. A woman Ryder had left the bar with quickly ran to his side and tried to help him up.
When Ryder got to his feet, with his shirt ripped in two, he faced the men and tried to act brave before "stumbling" into the McDonalds car park, leaning on the woman.
Only minutes later, Harvey walked into the McDonalds car park to try and help Ryder and found him "unconscious and lying on his side in the recovery position".
"As far as I can tell Jesse has done nothing wrong here. It looked like it was completely unprovoked," Harvey said.
Another witness, who would only be known as Adam, described seeing Ryder having his shirt ripped from his back and lying on the ground as four men kicked and punched him outside Aikmans Bar.
Ryder was lying in a bush "shaking, vomiting and covered in blood" in the carpark of Merivale McDonald's, which is opposite the bar, when two ambulances arrived to assist him shortly after midnight.
Adam, who was drinking at the bar, said the brawl broke out behind him.
"From what I could tell it looked pretty unprovoked," he said.
"Four dudes were just laying into him and absolutely smashing him on the ground. His shirt was ripped off and they were kicking him and punching him while he was down."
Ryder managed to stand up during the attack but was quickly knocked back to the ground, Adam said.
He was not sure if the men were friends of Ryder, but said they "damn knew who he was".
Ryder's attackers were swearing at him as they beat him. The four men ran off when police sirens were heard, he said.
Emma Ferguson was also at Aikmans having a drink with friends when the incident unfolded in front of her on the footpath outside the entrance to the bar.
"Jesse walked out of the bar and was standing outside when a group of three or four guys were literally just on him - punching and kicking [him].
"It seemed as if all of a sudden there was a fight."
Within seconds Ryder was on the ground and while she couldn't see him being assaulted, because a wall obscured her view, she could hear the blows landing.
"They were kicking him very hard. As hard as they could. It was pretty horrific."
A group of people from inside the bar went to Ryder's aid and pulled the attackers off him.
"I couldn't believe that he [Jesse] managed to get up again."
His shirt was ripped and he stumbled across the road and collapsed at the entrance to the McDonalds' car park, Ferguson said.
"Then he started vomiting and shaking.
"I felt it [the attack] was completely unprovoked. It just seemed to come out of nowhere on a very idle ... night. It was very brutal.''
Patron Alysha Green said Ryder was with a group and all of them were drinking, but didn't seem "overly intoxicated".
"They weren't causing any drama or drawing attention to themselves."
There were only about 20 people in the bar when she left about 11.30pm.
"It was a good vibe. Everyone was calm and peaceful."
He did reveal that the mother of one of the men who attacked Ryder was there when it happened.
Mr Holmes said the attackers tried to get back into the bar after the assault but were blocked by bar staff.
The mother of one of the men then began arguing for them to be allowed back in before they all left.
That is just so ****ed, but somehow it doesn't surprise me. Nothing really does anymore, such is the ****iness of the human race.
Indeed I am livid over this. What is the likely sentence if convicted of assault? Please don't say 6 months.They all better be - for a long time. But I fear they won't.
I reckon they'll get the maximum as if they're caught, they'll face trial by media first and presumably widely vilified; regardless of circumstance.Indeed I am livid over this. What is the likely sentence if convicted of assault? Please don't say 6 months.
That's promising. The fact that one of the thugs mother was in the bar increases the odds on an identification.Bizarre little aside reported here -
Police hunt men who attacked Jesse Ryder - Sport - NZ Herald News
2.The Current Sentencing StructureThe maximum sentence for aggravated assault is three years