Ex-boxer KO's happy slapper

[RunningDog]

From the Brighton and Hove Leader (UK), Friday Feb 16 2007


"SLAP VICTIM KNOCKS OUT ATTACKER

A GANG of teenagers attacked a man in a suspected happy-slapping incident in Brighton's crowded shopping centre.
But their intended victim was a former amateur boxer - and he knocked one of his cowardly assailants unconscious.
Curtis Mulcare, 31 , said afterwards that he had been determined not to let the "gang of chavs" get away with attacking him.
Two of the group of eight 16 and 17-year-olds had to be taken to hospital and were later arrested.
A third was being sought by police after he climbed on to a roof and threw a brick through a glass skylight.
Salesman Mr Mulcare, of Seven Dials, Brighton, said: "these teenagers think they can get away with anything. They don't care about whether they are attacking innocent people, old people or anything. Now they know they can't do that."
Mr Mulcare had been waiting for a bus at the end of Imperial Arcade at 4.05pm on Monday when one of the gang slapped him round the face and ran away.
Brighton police said they were investigating the possibility the gang had filmed the incident and would be seizing their mobile phones to check for evidence.
Mr Mulcare chased his attacker down Imperial Arcade and found himself confronted by the whole gang. He struck out at the teenager and knocked him out before going back to board his bus in Dyke Road.
Two of the gang ran after him and attacked him as he got back out of the bus, which had not been due to leave.
Mr Mulcare fought back again, aided by several members of the public including the bus driver.
In the fracas which followed, one of the teenagers suffered a cut to his head which later required hospital treatment.
The other youngster climbed on to the roof of Imperial Arcade and hurled a brick through the glass which shattered on to the walkway below, narrowly missing shoppers.
He then escaped from the scene as more than 20 police officers arrived to try to contain the incident.
Imperial Arcade was closed for the rest of the day because of the debris.
Mr Mulcare said: "I can't believe they attacked me. I'm a big bloke and I wouldn't have thought I was an obvious victim but they've got no respect for anyone. I hope they've learned their lesson. They thought it was going to be happy-slapping but it didn't end up too happy for them."
Both the youths treated at hospital were later released. Neither had sustained serious injuries.
Police officers were this week going through dozens of witness statements and viewing CCTV recordings.
Six teenagers were arrested on suspicion of affray and have been released on bail."

[Sever]

Good
Nice to see some of the public had his back too - all too often people will stand by and watch the chav scum have their own way

[pauli]

big mean bully beat up those poor innocent children! have the ever vigilant authorities seen fit to charge him yet?

[Tommy-2guns...]

that is ace, its about time the happy slappers got a happy punch in the face, well done to the bloke

It saddens me that most happy slappers/chavs in general go after people more akin to old men and women and people they deem too 'goth'(note-goth to a chav is any youth who is not a chav).

im happy some of the buggers got a good hiding, im sure they wont learn from it but at least they got it. im also happy that some members of the public helped the outnumbered boxer, i would have thought like most instances of buss attacks people would have just sat there and pretended not to notice, im pleasantly suprised.

again verry well done to the guy, it was a bit unwise to chase a whole gang, but he obviously made the decision and it worked for him,good on the guy.

boxing -1 lowlife - 0

[Nylen]

That's very cool.
Though I'm not too sure what"happy slappers"are and i would have helped i have never seen a case were people don't help out. But then again I live in canada.
Stay Safe

[Tommy-2guns...]

nylen - happy slappers are usually groups of what you'd know as 'wiggas', they go about in big groups and usually slap people they think wont fight back, i say the word slap but usually it involves a filmed beating aswell (with a youtube posting to boot) as the humiliation and terror it causses people. happy slapping is usually on vulnerable groups and as such this story is a gem as the guy turns out to be an ex boxer .

As for people helping out, its only from my experience that i say people dont usually step in, but it is quite common here, especially attacks on public transport, its probably a mix of fear of getting beaten up, fear of becoming legally involved,and a general ' ill pretend i cant see it so its not happening' view held by many people.

[saru1968]

I like to keep it simple...give and you shall recieve

Give a happy slapping = Recieve a 'happy kicking'.

:-)

[Visage]

Reminds me of a t-shirt print I once saw...

"Happy slap me... And I'll happily slap you"

Good for the bloke.

[JSun]

I love the English language in all its diversity

[boards]

Good on the bloke. About time somebody gave the chavs a beating.

[Kwajman]

Too bad he didn't get more of them. I'd have loved to see the look on their faces when he nailed hte first one.

[Shadow_of_Evil]

Bloody hell I hate chavs.
Good job too the ex-boxer.

[slipthejab]

Yeah nicely done... I'd have liked to have seen the vid.
There is a vid out there of a happy slapper attacking some rather ordinary looking guy with a bag of groceries and the responds by KO'ing the idiot.

Gotta love it.

Here's another one of happy slapper gettin' KO'd...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?search=...&v=x97VLJBFWuo

[CosmicFish]

I know this vid had been posted before, but it fits quite well with the theme of smacking the happy slappers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91jfLK-u1so