Because he's willing to give the benefit of the doubt that the CMDR in question got it wrong by mistake, rather than a deliberate attempt to break the rules.
Of course there is the possibility that it was the same commander that tried attacking me and who knows, perhaps others. We could compare names but I didn't get it, my bad.
Kharma, maybe a polite private message to the CMDR to see if it's an education issue?