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0 of 25 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Former boxing world champion Joe Cordina has been cleared of assault, after he punched a stranger outside a petrol station in Cardiff.
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he → clear → Cardiff
The 34-year-old two-time IBF super-featherweight champion got into a brawl with 33-year-old Jamie O'Brien on February 27, outside a Texaco garage in Pentwyn, Cardiff.
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champion → get → Pentwyn
During the trial, Cardiff Magistrates' Court heard how Cordina was acting on 'instinct' when he punched O'Brien during an altercation.
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he → hear → altercation
The Cardiff-born boxer had been filling up his Land Rover before he approached O'Brien, who had been sitting on the pavement near the station exit.
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who → bear → exit
CCTV footage played to the court showed O'Brien proceeding to push Cordina using his shoulder, before Cordina 'punched him with sufficient force to knock him to the ground'.
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Cordina → play → ground
The court heard the two men continued to 'remonstrate' with one another and exchange blows.
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men → hear → blows
Joe Cordina (pictured arriving at court in July earlier this year) was cleared of assault today
O'Brien, from Pentwyn, has previously pleaded guilty to a charge of assault by beating.
Police began to investigate the incident after footage of the altercation circulated online.
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footage → picture → altercation
Cordina said he initially thought O'Brien was a fan who wanted a photograph and described how he was accustomed to being recognised four or five times a day, saying: 'I make time for everybody.'
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I → say → everybody
He told the court he had seen O'Brien staring at him while he was filling his car and called him over, but that O'Brien had responded: 'You come here.'
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You → tell → him
He said he had acted in self-defence because he felt threatened after O'Brien 'barged' him during their initial interaction.
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O'Brien → say → interaction
'He had his hands in his pockets, I don't know what people carry on them these days,' he told the court.
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he → have → court
Pictured fighting in Monaco in November 2023
Cordina told the court it was 'pretty much' a certainty that he would risk losing his boxing licence if he received a criminal conviction and that this '100 per cent' had an impact on how he conducted himself day to day.
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he → picture → day
But today, a district judge found Cordina not guilty of assault by beating against O'Brien.
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Cordina → find → O'Brien
In her ruling, Judge Charlotte Murphy said: 'I am satisfied that the defendant believed it was necessary to use force to defend himself.
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it → say → himself
'It is very easy to consider the defendant's response by considering the CCTV in slow motion, however the defendant had a split second to consider his response to the shoulder barge.'
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defendant → consider → barge
The judge said she accepted Cordina's evidence that he had repeatedly pushed O'Brien 'while on the floor to keep him away from him'.
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he → say → him
She added: 'In my view, it was necessary and the force used was proportionate in the circumstances.
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force → add → circumstances
I reject any suggestion that the defendant was retaliating in any way.
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defendant → reject → way
'This is a person who has lived in the public eye for many years and has interacted with the public on a daily basis.
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who → live → basis
For all of those reasons, the crown has not proved to the criminal standard.
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crown → prove → standard
I therefore find the defendant not guilty and dismiss the charge.'
The judge had previously ruled there was no case to answer in relation to the second charge of assault.
Speaking outside of court after the verdict, Cordina's lawyer Nadeem Majid said: 'Today's verdict is a huge relief for Joe and everybody who's close to him.
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'He's always maintained his innocence throughout this.
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On behalf of Joe, I'd like to thank his family, his friends, his loyal friends, and his legal team for their unwavering support through what's clearly been a very difficult time.
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what → like → support
'Joe would now like to concentrate on his family, and in particular on his boxing.
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Joe → like → boxing
We'd all like to see him on the bill in December.
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We → like → December
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