That is an entirely different perspective than what has been posted several times about this incident. I know it's from the Judge's viewpoint, but it has the ring of truth about it, and it sounds like the Atheist was a general jerk. His Zombie description of Mohammad, also sounds like a thinly veiled insult of Christianity (' Mohammad rose from the dead, and walked around like a Zombie (living dead), and then ascended into Heaven').... It sounds like the judge was being patient in explaining to the atheist that the Koran never says that Mad Mo raised from the dead...
So in this new context, this atheist just sounds like a jerk.
Jerk or not is irrelevant. He was physically assaulted. The muslim even admitted it. Should have been an open and shut case with a nice conviction.
The last I looked, being a jerk wasn’t grounds for assault.