John Terry banned for 4 games

Crimey wrote:The judge said in his verdict that he wasn't convinced by Terry's argument, but neither was the case strong enough against him to convict.

I don't think his decision not to appeal has any bearing on his guilt. He'll have been advised by his club to accept the decision and move on.

It Must Be Love wrote:John I'm still not sure you understand the court vs civil thing.

Anyway overall I think it was pretty clear from the beginning JT was guilty;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0z_Y2dk-aQ

To make it clear, at the start JT is calling AF a f*cking knobhead (which he admits), then Cole blocks the camera. Then JT says the words 'f*cking black c*nt.'
We are meant to believe in the moment Cole blocked the camera's view from JT, Terry said the words 'did you call me?'
Total and absolute nonsense.

You'll either have to be a huge John Terry fan, or simply delusional to not accept that now.

It Must Be Love wrote:I don't think we can portray Howard Riddle's decision in the court as proving John Terry as 'innocent' at all; more like he cannot prove it beyond doubt that John Terry was guilty.
Here is another extract from the case file, on page 6:

To summarize:
 There is no doubt the words “F**king black c**t” were directed at Mr
Ferdinand.
 Overall I found Anton Ferdinand to be a believable witness on the
central issue.
 It is inherently unlikely that he should firstly accuse John Terry of calling him a black c**t, then shortly after the match completely deny that he had made such a comment, and then maintain that false
account throughout the police investigation and throughout this trial.
There is no history of animosity between the two men. The supposed
motivation is slight.
 Mr Terry’s explanation is, certainly under the cold light of forensic
examination, unlikely. It is not the most obvious response. It is
sandwiched between other undoubted insults.
 I believe that he is an unwilling witness, and would have preferred that
this matter not come to court.

He has given effectively the same account throughout.