Perhaps because they feared he might be mob handed? Or maybe they thought he might be perceived as the victim?
They might have killed the guy by doing this and be branded killers themselves?
How many times have we seen injustices on our streets and in courts?
Cameras everywhere and the headlines would be different.
Agree with most of the above, we do not deal with hardened criminals at all.
Scumbag. His sentence is pathetic.