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Sidney Chan a student at a prestigious London University defended himself after a fellow student allegedly called him a ‘chink’ while they bother hanging out in a bar at the Imperial College.  Chan is adamant he did nothing to the Stephen Kent.  The conversation that led to the alleged spewing of the racist name calling is not known.  Kent claimed that Chan made comments about his hair and Chan maintaining his defense that he did not say anything about Kent’s hair.  He states that Kent  pushed Kent after being called the name and Kent began throwing punches at him.

People will eventually understand that freedom of speech does not mean they have the right to call people names and be disrespectful to others.  Thankfully this young man was cleared of the attack.

Read more as reported by Court News UK:

A Chinese rugby player broke a student’s eye socket when he called him a ‘chink’ in a student bar, a court heard.

Sidney Chan, 20, kicked Stephen Kent in the face twice after the victim abused him after they left the bar at London’s prestigious Imperial College.

Prosecutor Paul Fairley suggested Chan ‘provoked’ Mr Kent by making a comment about his 1980s-style mullet haircut.

But Chan said: ‘I never said anything about his hair.

‘He called me a chink,’ said Chan.

‘He started throwing punches at me after he fell to the ground after I had pushed him,’ said Chan.

‘He quickly got back up and he charged at my group and started throwing punches at me.’

CCTV showed Chan’s friends trying to restrain him during the fracas – but he managed to break free to confront Mr Kent again.

Prosecutor Paul Fairley said: ‘Why, given your account that you were frightened and thought that you were being assaulted, why did you seem so eager to get back into the fray and engage Mr Kent?’

He replied: ‘Because he was persisting to get back up and continue the fight.

‘I guess at that point I was pretty angry and I wanted to make sure that he stops fighting me.’

Mr Fairley said: ‘You had completely lost your head, that fact that the member of your group was having to life you forcefully off the ground to get you to move in the direction that everyone else was moving.’

CCTV footage shows Mr Kent seen falling to the floor, but the view of his body is obscured by a parked car as Chan runs by him twice.

Prosecutors claim this is the moment he swung the two kicks into his head and left him unconscious.

‘You run behind the car then you turn and then run back in the direction you have just come from,’ said Mr Fairley.

‘The truth is Mr Chan isn’t it, that you know as well as anyone that someone who is on the ground, there’s no justification for kicking is there?’

A lorry driver stopped his vehicle in the middle of the road and got out to check on Mr Kent.

Mr Fairley said: ‘He could see straight away that his face was puffed up like a balloon, or words to that effect.’

The assault left the Kingston University student with a fractured nose and eye socket and a heavy concussion.

Chan, who was studying at Imperial College, denies one count of wounding with intent.

He said: ‘All I wanted him to do was leave us alone, stop following us, and stop fighting me, and stop harassing my friends.’

The trial continues

UPDATE:

Chinese rugby player accused of breaking a student’s eye socket when he called him a ‘chink’ outside a student bar has been cleared of GBH.

— CourtNewsUK (@CourtNewsUK) November 25, 2016

Source: Court News UK