A year or so ago, petroleum trader Jeremy Aylmer punched IT executive Charles Cox outside London nightclub Floridita, over a lady. As of last month he was facing manslaughter charges because Cox was knocked unconscious, never came to, and died 20 months later. Today, a court informed him it’s all good.
Aylmer claimed he acted in self-defence and a jury took just 32 minutes to acquit him of manslaughter at Inner London Crown Court. Aylmer, who works for oil giant Chevron, insisted Mr Cox was the ‘aggressor’ during the altercation in the early hours of November 23, 2007. He said Mr Cox had pushed him and swore at him in a row over a woman.
City trader cleared of killing businessman outside West End nightclub [Telegraph via BI]
Earlier: London Trader Facing Manslaughter Charges For Killing A Guy With One Punch
Let this be a lesson to the back office scum. Get back to the back office and stay there!
I often kill two birds with one cox
-Gundlach
When i had my 30th interview with GS I went toe to toe with some dude name Mike Hunt; i’ve been here for 4 years now
Guess that’s what happens when you ask to “bum a fag” and it gets taken the wrong way.
Killing an executive with one punch is the new killing it.
I had to give up da Golden Gloves dream after I hit a guy so hard he __________ed.
~ Charlie “Gene Rayburn” Gasparino
Aylmer went to the Dick Fuld school of interpersonal relationships.
“A year or so ago, petroleum trader Jeremy Aylmer punched IT executive Charles Cox … Cox was knocked unconscious, never came to, and died 20 months later.”
So I’m sure a million folks will jump me for not saying something incredibly positive about a post from Bess or at the least not just making an unconditional comment about how amazing/hot/funny/etc. she is (and I should know, I’m often one of these guys)…but how did Cox remain unconscious for the better part of two years before dying if Aylmer only punched him around a year ago?
Either Aylmer is innocent because Cox was already unconscious (and the British legal system is in worse shape than ever I had feared) or Bess’s approximated timeline of these incidents needs a little recalibration.
@4
Nice job.
Lucky guy…
-Rubin Carter
@8 You know the phrase I’m going to knock you in to next week…similar thing here, just backwards.
“One Shot Kid, One shot!”
-Ronnie
When do we get the NUGGETS?
Oh, and @11 – nice.
-13
Fixed Income and Equities beware! Energy Traders will knock you into next year and you won’t ever wake up.
@11 shutup socialist
Witness was I to this whole sordid affair.
Aye, it be truth that Aylmer did throw a punch at Cox’ head. But Aylmer’s clenched fist totally missed the mark.
It was his fat finger that clipped Cox in the temple, rendering the recipient into an instant vegetative state (cauliflower).
Then he ran off mumbling something about needing to place sell orders on PG & ACN.
@8, I believe I’ve mentioned this before, they use the metric system in UK.
-another former Lehman quant
“Not a single witness suggests that Mr Cox offered any violence at all, and it was this defendant who, without warning, suddenly and unnecessarily used force out of all proportion to the situation he was in. That, we say, makes his punch unlawful, and an unlawful assault that causes the death of another person, even many months later, is manslaughter.”
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I bet all the BP and Shell traders will now have reason to never walk on a deal with Alymer.
ONE
PUNCH
MACHINE
GUN
stone cold killer
how much money does he make per year? That’s all that matters
can’t believe he doesn’t get time. I’d like to one-hitter-quitter this ginger hump
Killing IT is the new killing it.
-not the guy that came up with that phrase but a fan of it