I query the wording of the original report, & of the title of this thread derived from it. A 'wife beater' beats his wife, he does not use her as an offensive weapon to hit someone else with: ditto a 'child beater'.

So a "banjo beater" must surely mean someone who beats, or over-frails, or kicks out at becoz it won't stay in bloody tune no matter what he does, or in some other way abuses or misuses, his banjo. I don't see how the term can be used, as it appears to be here, for someone who uses his banjo as an offensive weapon with which to assault someone else.

Moderators, may we have a more accurate title for this thread, please?

MEtheGM aka Mike-the-Pedant