quite. exactly what i was thinking.

I don't know anything about the law I admit it. But couldn't they have got him for 'involuntary manslaughter'? You need an unlawful act (well he basically assaulted someone without provocation), you need the act to be obvious that it would harm the person (shoving someone with their hands in their pockets to the floor is never going to end painslessly), and you need it to be a substantial cause of the death (it would be a bit of a coincidence if it wasn't). So where's the problem? You'd think it was a done deal.
Have you ever sat on a jury. It's a fucking nightmare.

Is that right that he was there as a van driver, got separated from his vehicle and assaulted a couple of people including a BBC cameraman before his actions caused the death of Tomlinson?
& a lot of the doubt in this case was caused by a pathologist who has been discredited through dodgy findings elsewhere?

Well I can't say I am surprised!
Let there be no doubt now that the police and the 'justice' system are laws unto themselves. Well they sure as hell don't have any REAL accountability to anyone else do they? I mean, how many angles of the manslaughter/murder does one need on video, clearly showing the perpetrator and the event? How many witnesses does one need?

Remember the woman who was thrown to the floor by the custody sergeant in Melksham police station, smashing her face, pouring with blood - caught on the cctv and afterwards widely shown on TV?
The custody sergeant Andrews was jailed for six months in September 2010 but was released on bail after six days pending an appeal.
A judge later quashed his conviction and sentence for assault causing actual bodily harm.

Then there was Jean Charles de Menezes - his family finally bought off for £100,000 to end their prosecution against the MET!

Justice? What justice?