The former Lytham St Annes and Blackpool pupil was found not guilty by a jury of causing grievous bodily harm
Actor Stephen Tompkinson has been cleared of inflicting grievous bodily harm on a man he confronted for drunkenly making noise outside his house.
Mr Poole fell to the ground and broke his skull when his head hit the pavement, Newcastle Crown Court was told. Prosecutors claimed the former St Bede's Roman Catholic High School pupil “snapped” and “lashed out” at Mr Poole in “disgust” at his behaviour. But Tompkinson 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”.
Neighbour Caroline Davidson, who was watching from her bedroom window, told the court she saw Tompkinson slap and punch Mr Poole, causing him to stumble and fall backwards, hitting his head on the ground. Tompkinson said he could not have punched Mr Poole because he was holding his phone.
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