Re: Self defense injustice in the UK

On 6/4/2025 8:13 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:

On Sun, 1 Jun 2025 11:15:55 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
wrote:
 

I do get that (...including its rationale, but that's a different
discussion).  But what I'm theorizing is that if, say, he'd first
attacked her with his own knife, the sentence she'd have gotten for
defending herself with hers wouldn't have been much more than one would
get merely for carrying.

 Surely she'd have a self defence plea in that case.

I don't see it absolving her of her (official) crime of carrying with intent.  But, indeed, I can't imagine a real-world conviction.