Nope
But you guys have "walk the guilty b@stards in" POV.
And yes I have seen similar situations develop with squaddies and end up with conflicting reports on how it proceeded. In both cases the "victim" ended up being the one that was handed down a sentence for carrying and using an offensive weapon. The fact is when 4 guys who are not strangers to fighting decide to beat up 1 person you don't get a running battle.
So the whole timeline description to me stinks. And instead of presuming they are guilty as reported in the newspaper and we all know how good they are for reporting the facts. we should maybe wait and see what's discovered in court.
As I said the stealing the mobile phone is bang out of order and there are no excuses for it.
But the actual incident has only been reported from one side by a racist cop who bit of more than he bargained for. Who now will have to go back to work with his black/coloured/Hispanic colleagues after allegedly calling some one a "black b@stard" I suspect this won't be his only beating for that comment.