article_snippet.sent: Two soldiers, one a Buckingham Palace guard, walked free from court yesterday despite inflicting a shocking beating on a helpless civilian.
article_snippet.sent: Two soldiers, one a Buckingham Palace guard were expected to be jailed for the ‘deeply unpleasant and inexcusable’ assault.
article_snippet.sent: A judge rejected the pair version of events, saying the man seen in the footage (above) posed 'no threat' when the pair were beating the man .
article_snippet.sent: know how I escaped that without really serious injuries, the force the pair used could have killed me and I really expected the pair to go to jail for it.
article_snippet.sent: the pair were cleared by a jury of grievous bodily harm but admitted causing actual bodily harm.
article_snippet.sent: The court was shown video of the man knocking Mr Thompson out cold with a single punch before Mr Thompson and Smith set upon Mr Wormald.
article_snippet.sent: Outside court Detective Constable Andy Palmer said: ‘This is the most violent piece of CCTV footage I have seen in ten years as a police officer and it is extremely fortunate the victims were not more seriously injured.