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11.05.2023 - 11:15 / ok.co.uk
Actor Stephen Tompkinson has been cleared of inflicting grievous bodily harm on a man he confronted for drunkenly making noise outside his house.The DCI Banks star was accused of punching Karl Poole in the head after finding him and a friend drinking at the bottom of his driveway in the early hours of May 30 2021. Mr Poole fell to the ground and broke his skull when his head hit the pavement, Newcastle Crown Court was told.
Prosecutors claimed Stephen “snapped” and “lashed out” at Mr Poole in “disgust” at his behaviour. But Stephen told jurors he only pushed Mr Poole away in self-defence and the contact “wasn’t enough to knock a sober man off his feet”.
On Thursday, a jury found him not guilty of causing grievous bodily harm after deliberating for just under two hours.The trial was told Mr Poole and his friend Andrew Hall had been drinking since midnight that bank holiday Sunday and had gone to the beach before passing Stephen Tompkinson’s home in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, on the walk back. Stephen, who was living with his partner and her seven-year-old son at the time, heard “strange noises” at around 5.30am.The 57 year old called 999 after seeing the pair try to stand up and fall several times while drinking from a bottle of Jagermeister, jurors heard.
While waiting to be connected, he went outside wearing pyjamas and a dressing gown and told the “heavily intoxicated” men who he was calling. Neighbour Caroline Davidson, who was watching from her bedroom window, told the court she saw Stephen slap and punch Mr Poole, causing him to stumble and fall backwards, hitting his head on the ground.
Stephen said he could not have punched Mr Poole because he was holding his phone. He told the court the two men “took great
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The neighbour of actor Stephen Tompkinson has told a court she saw him slap and punch a drunk man in the head after asking him to move away from his home in the early hours of the morning.The 57 year old DCI Banks star is on trial at Newcastle Crown Court accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm on Karl Poole on May 30 2021. Jurors have heard Mr Poole and his friend Andrew Hall had been drinking since around midnight and had gone to the beach to watch the sunrise before walking back past Stephen's home in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside.
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