An aircraft accident will always be the subject of an SI. This SI concluded that the defendant's camera had been driven into the side stick by the seat arm rest when it was motored forward. The fact that the camera had been placed in such a position to enable that to happen, and that the seat had not been already forward in the 'at the controls' position was the basis of the negligence charge to which he pleaded guilty. So much for the 'indisputable' facts.
He was also charged with perjury and making false record, to which he pleaded not guilty and was found not guilty. As you say, respect the verdict. So much for the 'itches'.
What bothers me about all this is the seeming lack of any 'there but for the Grace of God' reaction by other aircrew posting here. One pilot has had the moral courage to come forward and say that a similar occurrence happened to him, albeit in a ground simulator. Others have derided the notion that anything like it has ever happened to any other airbus crew, ie a loose object being driven towards the sidestick by the seat arm rest, ever. Even if that were true, this one accident should be enough to alert everyone to this Swiss cheese baited mouse trap. The SI calls for some form of mitigation and it has been postulated here; cheap, easy, and hopefully effective. Well, let's see.
A very frightening accident came close to being a tragically fatal one, saved indeed by the splendid self preservation logic of the Voyager itself. We don't get many such gift horses handed to us by aviation, and it behoves us all to learn as much as possible from it; whatever our role, whatever our job, be we civvie or Service. I suspect that one man at least has learned a lot, and it would be rather more rewarding for the rest of us to consider what we should learn and perhaps change our habits accordingly.