Are we surprised, an assault case was taken up by the CPS the other week and worked it's way to court for a full hearing whereby a boyfriend had turned the garden hose on his girlfriend after a row saying the words 'you need to cool down'.
This should never have gone to court either, could've been dealt with a lot better where the dick was still shown up. Fact of life now it seems for many though, probably didn't even mean to offend just didn't have the wherewithall to acknowledge he could offend in that situation.