Jake De-Geus and Edwin Hirst deny assaulting two youths while detaining them in a Chichester shop.
A security guard headbutted a 15-year-old boy before falsely detaining him and a friend in a Superdrug shop, a court has heard.
The guards followed the boys after they started "messing around" in the store, provoking the men by putting a bottle in someone's pocket, Portsmouth Crown Court heard.The defendants, who were contracted to work for Chichester BID , also deny assault by beating of the teenager, while Hirst denies assault of a second boy.
He said the boys started "messing around" to "get a rise" out of the guards, including putting a bottle in someone's pocket.
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