war vet bashed for 50 cents

[windwalker_au]

War vet bashed for 50 cents
Wife told to back off
Accused couple freed on bail


A COUPLE allegedly bashed an 82-year-old disabled World War II veteran for 50c in a busy street.

Kristopher Cowie, 30, was freed on bail by a magistrate yesterday after his alleged attack on Ernest Evans, The Daily Telegraph reported.

Mr Cowie's girlfriend Tracey Prater, 29, was bailed by police after the incident.

Mr Cowie allegedly punched Mr Evans in the head in Caringbah, Sydney, on Wednesday afternoon - allegedly hard enough to send Mr Evans flying into the gutter, covered in blood.

Mr Evans served in the army in Bougainville and for two years in the occupation forces in Japan.

At the time of the attack Mr Evans was holding his discharge papers from hospital, where he has spent eight of the past 11 weeks being treated for ailments including emphysema, a quadruple bypass, a missing kidney and a replaced hip.

He was sitting outside a charity shop while his wife Una was inside buying a war history book.

When Mrs Evans tried to defend her husband, Ms Prater allegedly said: "Do not get involved or you will get what he is getting."

"All I could see was a person upside down in the gutter and on the road, legs in the air," Mrs Evans said. "I thought, 'Who's that?' and then I saw his hat and I realised it was Ernie and I ran over."

Mr Cowie was freed by magistrate James Coombs despite being on bail for other offences.

Yesterday, in Sutherland Court, police opposed bail.

Mr Cowie was so unco-operative, "antagonistic and difficult" that police were unable to get fingerprints or photographs, court documents said.

He interrupted proceedings to say that Mr Evans, more than 50 years his senior, punched him in the mouth, before asking, "Should I be quiet?"

Police alleged that Mr Cowie returned with Ms Prater after asking for the 50c and without a word "struck the victim with a closed right fist to the ... left eye and temple region".

"The force of the punch has caused the victim to fall backwards from his seated position over the back of the bench and fall to the ground."

Ms Prater then "physically stopped" Mrs Evans, telling her, "that man tried to hit us with his walking stick", to which Mrs Evans said: "I don't think so."

Several young men followed the pair as they fled, leading police to them.

Mr Evans said he was touched by the help given to him by strangers, including shopkeepers who brought him drinks and even a wet towel, and yesterday he returned to thank them.


Quote:Mr Cowie was freed by magistrate James Coombs despite being on bail for other offences.

this judge needs to be stood down he is unfit to do his job there would have been bail conditions put on this low life he broke them so he should be in jail,a dollar will get you ten that these two are druggies.the only thing these two are good for is fertilizer what a pair of low life scum the world needs a big klean up to get rid of all the scum.

bernie >:(

[Steven9851]

If the court cant figure out what to do with these two I have a few sugestions.  Mr. Cowie should be thanking Mr. Evans for his service.  If it were not for Mr. Evans and thousands of other men and women we could all be speaking Japanes or German now.  I know we have alot of former military personel on here.  I would like to thank all of you for your service!!

[Roaring Bull]

Send that young couple over here to my house Bernie........We can have a little wall-to-wall counselling session.  Then we can go disuss stuff at the shooting range......like when someone is down range being a target.......I mean changing a target

[windwalker_au]

Send that young couple over here to my house Bernie........We can have a little wall-to-wall counselling session.  Then we can go disuss stuff at the shooting range......like when someone is down range being a target.......I mean changing a target

ah David if only if only, but we would have all the do gooders saying you cant do that they have rite's
Bernie ::)

[Roaring Bull]

He would get his rights........and his lefts!

[Ranger]

He would get his rights........and his lefts!

lol!  :D

[tom hargrove]

someday it will come home to the punk 10fold for what he did to this man.may not be in this life but  it will cost him someday. look at there faces can you say meth?

[battman1]

Makes you sick don't it.I sure hope he gets whats coming.

[R.M.]

My money says that he won't even get close to what he deserves.
Disgusting.

[old salt]

Hey Bull
Let me ahve them for about 10 min. at hawk block frist.

[Roaring Bull]

As long as ya save me a little to run!  I haven't shot something on the run in a while.


I was also thinking about those old wiffle-ball bats, the plastic ones.  Boy those things would sting!

[FrankG]

They ought to be put to work in a Vets hospital for life at room and board wages only ! For any offences while there would bring the lash down on them .

[Thumper]

Totally disgusting and yet quite ordinary nowadays. Thank you to all the tree hugging, don't spank em, don't make 'em pledge allegiance, do make 'em be drafted, short sighted holier than thou, blind, liberal bozo's who live in LA-LA land. If it wasn't for them a "JD Card", would still be cause for family wide embarrassment, "Yes Sir & Yes Mam", would still be acceptable language and the list goes on about the things we've lost since we've become a newly enlightened global world, hell bent on "niceing" ourselves to extinction!! You gotta ask yourself this, was this guy as bad as the onlookers who stood by and watched it happen without jumpin' in ? Tough call.

[ffrooster]

I could think of a lot of things to do to him, but tieing him to a cypress knee in the middle of the achafalaya swamp in June comes to mind first......when the misquitoes and the water mocassins get finished the aligators would be next.........and no one could here the screams or find the body!!!

[Roaring Bull]

goodun bro!