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Cleared of the attempted murder and carrying an offensive weapon.
You know the one he hacked the officer with.
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The attacker wasn't cleared. He was convicted of wounding with intent and jailed for 16 years.
Cleared of the attempted murder and carrying an offensive weapon.
You know the one he hacked the officer with.
And?
Its not necessarily illegal to carry a machete.
Assaulting someone with a machete is illegal, unless it is in self defence.
This wasn't self defence.
They could not determine beyond reasonable doubt that he had premeditation to murder in the attack.
They could however prove that he wounded the officers with intent to cause GBH, which is the next level of seriousness down from attempted murder.
He was convicted of wounding with intent to cause GBH and and sentenced to 16 years.
Nobody gives a shit what his lawyer says in some tabloid, as her attempt bring self defence into it was rejected by the jury.