TV star allegedly caused 'traumatic brain injuries' by punching man outside his home, court hears
TV star Stephen Tompkinson allegedly punched a man who was making a noise outside his house and caused him "traumatic brain injuries", a court heard.
“The second, made just a short time later, came from a neighbour to report one of those two men was lying unconscious in the street. They initially headed back the way they had come but Mr Hall said another route was better lit so they went that way. That route took the close to Mr Tompkinson’s home. “She recognised the defendant as the man who lived diagonally across the road from her. She had never spoken to him but recognised him as having moved in two or three years earlier. She couldn’t hear what her neighbour was saying but she formed the view from hand gestures he was making that he was telling them to get on their way.
“Mrs Davidson watched as the defendant approached the two men, who were wobbling from side to side. The defendant first slapped Mr Poole with his right hand before punching him to the head with his left fist. Mr Poole stumbled and then fell backwards striking his head on the roadway, where he lay unconscious. Concerned for what she had seen, Mrs Davidson asked her husband to call the ambulance service.
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