He said he had been out to celebrate with "best friend" Ryan Hale, who had been promoted at work. Mr Corsellis described him as "an angry man", who had "lost all control", and was "aggressive, demeaning and looking for a fight" - a claim again denied by Stokes.Ĭo-accused Ryan Ali also gave evidence on Friday afternoon. Stokes denied he was "enraged" in the clip, and said he could not hear his colleague because "there was a lot of shouting at the time". Ryan Ali is also accused of affray alongside Stokes In another piece of CCTV, Stokes' England team-mate Alex Hales could be heard shouting "stop" and "he's had enough" as the scrap developed. And about the mimicking and mocking (of Mr O'Connor and Mr Barry)." You are lying to the jury about the cigarette. He said: "You are not telling the truth to this jury. Mr Corsellis told him he was lying to the jury. The court was shown CCTV during the cross-examination of Stokes, with one clip appearing to show him flicking a cigarette at the gay couple, William O'Connor and Kai Barry.Īnother showed him walking away from the club, in which Stokes said he was "looking at the night's sky" and talking to God. He also recalls "potentially" having some Jagerbombs in the Mbargo nightclub. He also denied being drunk at the time of the incident, but told the jury he would have had at least 10 drinks on the night.Īmong them would have been a bottle of beer after England's match against the West Indies, two or three pints at the team hotel, and five or six vodka and lemonades while out in Bristol. Stokes arrived at court on Friday morning alongside his wifeīut Stokes insisted he was acting in self-defence and denied suggestions from prosecutor Nicholas Corsellis that he had anger issues. Stokes, 27, admitted throwing punches, which Ali told the court had left him with a head injury that affected his memory of the night. The lawyer for Ali - who suffered multiple eye injuries after the altercation - told Stokes he was refusing to "take responsibility".Īnna Midgley said Stokes had "hit Mr Ali when he was backing away and threatening no violence", but the Durham all-rounder claimed he was told to "f*** off or I'll bottle you". Stokes told the jury he stepped in after telling the men to stop, but that he had "significant memory blackout" about exactly what they had said to the couple.Īll three men were charged with affray over September's incident, but on Thursday judge Peter Blair directed the jury at Bristol Crown Court to find Mr Hale not guilty. His defence has been built around the claim that he wanted to defend a gay couple who were receiving "homophobic abuse" from Ryan Hale and Ryan Ali - who Stokes allegedly knocked unconscious.
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The England cricketer finished giving evidence on Friday at his trial for affray, during which he was forced to deny he had acted as "an angry man" who had "lost control". Sky Sports News' Geraint Thomas reports from Bristol Crown Court after Ben Stokes finished giving evidence in his trial for affray on Fridayīen Stokes has been accused of lying over alleged homophobic abuse directed towards a gay couple on the night of his arrest outside a Bristol bar.