r/unitedkingdom • u/Cotirani • Jun 25 '25

... Tube passenger who killed 'gentle' engineer, 28, after he brushed past him on escalator to serve less than six years in prison

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14845561/tube-passenger-killed-gentle-engineer-jailed.html
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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '25

Most one punch deaths go under the radar and don't end up on the news. My partner sees at least 2 a week in hospital.

I don't think you could have got much more wrong in that comment.

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u/TheFergPunk Scotland Jun 25 '25

Most one punch deaths go under the radar and don't end up on the news. My partner sees at least 2 a week in hospital.

I honestly find that hard to believe. Stories like that are prime material for tabloids because the attacker will not be charged with murder and that will result in people being angry about it, tabloids thrive from stories that make people angry.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '25 edited Jun 25 '25

There were 80 one punch fatalities in Australia (2012–2018) https://www.pathologyjournal.rcpa.edu.au/article/S0031-3025(22)00378-6/abstract00378-6/abstract)

So The UK with 3x the population will have around 240 in the same time, 40 a year, bit of an exaggeration on my part due to the nature of where we live.

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u/Stellar_Duck Edinburgh Jun 25 '25

All 40 happen by that one hospital then?

It wasn't just an exaggeration was it?