What punishment should Ángel Matos receive for kicking the Swedish taekwondo referee in Beijing?

Question

He and his coach have been baned for life from competing, but i think he should face criminal charges for assult, and face a prison sentence/large fine/community service.

What do you think?

Answer 1

I think the life ban is punishment enough.  

Answer 2

First he and his coach will be banned for any olympic event and surely he'll be facing assault charges for being a hot tempered player and the main event is "The whole world is watching" poor guy.....

Answer 3

Did you hear that vile kid say that was the best part of the games at the London event, Matt Bacon was ashamed. He should at least be made to publicly apologise and to tell our pikey youth that this is wrong and not to be admired.

Answer 4

A Gold??????????????????

Answer 5

Yes, people who are in the public eye need to be made an example of and what he did was assault.

Answer 6

ye same

Answer 7

It is up to the referee to bring assault charges if he so wishes, I would.

Answer 8

the coach shouldnt be banned at all cos it's not his fault that matos is hot-tempered. He shouldnt be held responsible for the actions of an adult (the coach isnt the parent of a 10 yr old kid), especially since there is no way in h**l that he condoned/encouraged matos to kick the referee in the face!!

matos should face a 5 yr ban from competing (his attack wasnt so severe as to be undeserving of a 2nd chance) & should also face criminal charges for assault. his attack falls under the assault category of "causing injury intentionally", which carries a max imprisonment of 10 yrs.

his attack was a one-off incident, & didnt cause serious injuries (just a bleeding gum), so he'd be sentenced to about 4-6 months, but would get out on parole in about 1-2 months if he behaves well

Answer 9

As he is Cuban I imagine the comrades have a lengthy spell in re-education classes for him, give him the party line on anger management until he runs away to Guantanamo Bay for a bit of peace.