Lack of knowledge of the law is a serious thing. The person who assaulted @Belstaffie accepted a caution. This means they admitted they had committed an assault. This will be on the Police National Computer and will build up solid picture of patterns of criminal behaviour. 
You would not know this from the comments of their supporters however. These people are not being good friends to this assailant. Encouraging and empowering people to think physical attacks are noble and necessary, leads no where good.
If the police continue to investigate women for stickering, they need to give the attention these physical assaults deserve. Because there is your ‘escalation’.
And it’s clear the assailant shows no remorse, thinks it’s funny and is highly likely to repeat the behaviour - indeed already has interactions with the police.
I have often said that a woman will have to die before this kind of male violence is taken seriously. But how naive and stupid am I! Women have been dying at hands of men at a staggering rate for many years and official attitudes to our protection are now going backwards.
The next time this assailant attacks a woman, there had better be some response that reflects the seriousness of this repeated behaviour of violence and denigration. Not only are more watching now, more are willing to speak up.
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