British court acquits guard and soldier despite assault

‘A British court has acquitted a Buckingham Palace guard and a soldier involved in a violent assault against two men.

The guard and his fellow soldier have walked free from court despite being captured on CCTV repeatedly stamping on the head of a victim in the street.

Shaun Smith, 25, and Jason Collins, 22, attacked two men near their barracks at Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire in April last year.

The pair left one of their victims lying unconscious in the road before chasing the other man and pouncing on him as he tripped and fell while trying to flee.’

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