Lets wait for more facts!
We have at this stage only one account of the events in the cockpit.
So you're suggesting James the 23 year old CPL has no integrity and decided to smack about some 82 year old religeous guy who has conveniently forgotten what happened?
"The passenger was taken to hospital with a leg injury"
Maybe he did stab him with the HB pencil!
What an ugly situation to find yourself in; poor guy will struggle to trust anyone again.