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Sorry, but how is that classed as self defence?

He put's his hands on a guy and the guy shoves him off by pushing his head, then Slater smacks him one flat in the face. The guy isn't even looking at him.

The fella slaps Slater in the face so gets one back. Seems fair.

Totally agree slater looks like he is acting as peace maker then gets shoved it the face, gives one back, fair play

It's 2,40am, people are drunk, someone starts aggro with a big rugby player. Seems like natural selection in action to me.

He doesn't slap him at all, and certainly doesn't do it in the face. He shoves him in the side of the head.

It's only a few seconds long the video.

Pal, a shove, a punch, a slap whatever, you don't do that unless you're trying to cause trouble. He got what he asked for, a reaction and that reaction would have been the same from 90% of people. Maybe Slater could have been more courteous but he wasn't being aggressive. His wife went a bit over the top though, don't think she saw that video first, before tweeting, was hardly gonna kill him with the slap.

Good on him. Don't shove someone in the head if you're not prepared for what will follow.
Just ask Stuart Fielden.

The point is it wasn't self defence. He put his hands on the bloke and turned, the bloke shoved him back on the side of the head, and gets a punch stright in his face for his troubles. The bloke wasn't even looking at him.

Had that been two blokes as normal and the police pulled that off CCTV, the guy doing what Slater did would have been classed as the agressor, and the one classed as assault.

How you get punching someone in the face as non aggressive, I have no idea.

Is Slater on some steps or is the other guy a midget?

I see the bouncers did their job perfectly

How is Slater the aggressor? He's holding his hands out "Tommy Cooper" style trying to calm the aggressor down. This numbnuts then hits Slater in the face and then gets his 'arris handed to him. God forbid you ever get called as a witness! He's a "celeb" so it must be his fault? Utter tripe!

I think you and the guy in the video should stick to your local WMC. It's a jungle out there!

Slater's first actions appear cordial enough.

It escalates from there as these situations have a habit of doing sometime. My only question would be was Slater's opportunistic punch disproportionate?

(If it had happened in a 2013 SL game - he'd have been off.)