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Contents:

• CRICKETER BEN STOK 'MOCKED GAY MEN BEFORE NIGHTCLUB FIGHT'
• BEN STOK SAID HE WAS PROTECTG GAY UPLE FIGHT, URT TOLD
• BEN STOK ALLEGED TO HAVE MOCKED GAY MEN, URT HEARS
• BEN STOK ‘FENDG GAY MEN OM HOMOPHOBIC ABE’ BEFORE ARRT – REPORTS
• BEN STOK WAS A REAL HERO, REVEALS THE GAY UPLE HE FEND
• BEN STOK SISTS HE WAS FENDG GAY MEN OM ‘SER ABE’ DURG BOOZY BRAWL AS HE TELLS OF RELIEF AT BEG CLEARED AFTER 11 MONTH ORAL
• CRICKETER BEN STOK MOCKED GAY UPLE BEFORE FIGHT, JURY HEARS
• BEN STOK TRIAL: ENGLAND CRICKETER MOCKED GAY MEN BEFORE ALLEGED ASSLT, URT HEARS
• BEN STOK TRIAL: CRICKETER 'FLICKED CIGARETTE BUTT' AT GAY UPLE BEFORE BRISTOL BRAWL
• BEN STOK WAS FENDG OM HOMOPHOBIC ABE, SAY GAY MEN
• GAY UPLE 'SAVED' BY BEN STOK WANT HIM TO BE KNIGHTED AFTER ASH TRIUMPH
• GAY UPLE THANK BEN STOK FOR FENDG THEM AFTER ENGLAND CRICKETER IS ACQUTED FOR AFAY

CRICKETER BEN STOK 'MOCKED GAY MEN BEFORE NIGHTCLUB FIGHT'

Image source, PAImage ptn, Ben Stok leav Bristol Crown Court after the first day of the trialEngland cricketer Ben Stok mocked two gay men and flicked a cigarette butt at one of them before brawlg wh two other men, a urt has Durham all-rounr, who will miss the send Tt agast India at Lord's, ni afay.

However, an "obvly upset" Mr Stok beme "aggrsive" and sulted Mr Cunngham about his appearance, jurors Cunngham said Mr Stok's attentn then turned to two "openly gay" men - Kai Barry and William O'Connor - outsi the venue.

An eyewns, Lra Sweeney, said she saw Mr Hale pull a metal leg om a road sign and n towards the other he was arrted Mr Stok was terviewed by police, and a prepared statement said he saw two men speakg to two gay men a "harsh and abive" statement said he "took exceptn to this and said 'leave out'" on shoulrMr Hale then "grabbed and pulled" him, and Mr Stok "felt the need to fend himself as he thought he was gog to be attacked" and h him "more than once", jurors were a send statement Mr Stok nied beg "aggrsive" towards Mr Cunngham, accg him of beg "" and suggted he had a "chip on his shoulr".

BEN STOK SAID HE WAS PROTECTG GAY UPLE FIGHT, URT TOLD

The cricketer Ben Stok feared beg vlently attacked by two men rryg weapons as he tervened to protect a gay uple on the receivg end of homophobic abe, a jury has Durham and England player said a statement read to Bristol crown urt that he beme volved a vlent street fight to stop his “gay iends” om beg beaten 27-year-old mataed the statement that he only remaed volved the brawl, durg which he knocked two men unnsc, bee he believed he and others were ser urt was told Stok had been on a night out wh England teammat, cludg Alex Hal, Bristol cy centre last September, celebratg a victory over the Wt Indi a one-day ternatnal Stok: Amatr footage shows alleged fight outsi Bristol nightclub – vioThe former England vice-pta said he had nsumed five vodka mixer drks and two or three beers before he and Hal met gay uple Kai Barry and William O’Connor outsi the Mbargo nightclub the cy shortly after prosecutn earlier this week had alleged that Stok had been mimickg the uple’s “flamboyant and exaggerated” mannerisms and walkg style a “rogatory manner” Stok nied beg homophobic the statement, which was given to police on 20 November last year.

BEN STOK ALLEGED TO HAVE MOCKED GAY MEN, URT HEARS

“I rell that the language beg ed was homophobic nature and was beg directed at Kai and William by Ryan Hale and Ryan Ali arriv at Bristol crown urt.

BEN STOK ‘FENDG GAY MEN OM HOMOPHOBIC ABE’ BEFORE ARRT – REPORTS

“What Ryan Ali and Ryan Hale were sayg was far om harmls banter, was nasty homophobic abe.

BEN STOK WAS A REAL HERO, REVEALS THE GAY UPLE HE FEND

”Stok said he tervened and told Ali and Hale “leave out – you shouldn’t be takg the piss bee they’re gay”.

”Stok replied: “He was abg my two iends for beg gay.

BEN STOK SISTS HE WAS FENDG GAY MEN OM ‘SER ABE’ DURG BOOZY BRAWL AS HE TELLS OF RELIEF AT BEG CLEARED AFTER 11 MONTH ORAL

When that offer was cled, Stok is alleged to have bee abive to the doorman and then mimicked and mocked a young gay uple, Kai Barry and William O'Connor, who were leavg the club.

CRICKETER BEN STOK MOCKED GAY UPLE BEFORE FIGHT, JURY HEARS

In , he adms strikg Ali but sists he did "bee he was abg my two iends for beg gay. Ben Stok was fendg two gay men om homophobic abe when he was arrted on spicn of g actual bodily harm, is Barry, 26, and Billy O’Connell, 20, said an terview wh the Sun that Stok me to their aid by standg up to people who were abg them.

BEN STOK TRIAL: ENGLAND CRICKETER MOCKED GAY MEN BEFORE ALLEGED ASSLT, URT HEARS

A 27-year-old man suffered mor facial juri and was taken to Bristol Royal Infirmary for and O’Connell claimed they met the all-rounr and his England team-mate Alex Hal a nightclub and had no ia they were is reported that Stok and Hal were later walkg along the road near the pair after leavg the nightclub when Barry and O’Connell were subjected to homophobic abe.

"The urt heard that when PC Alway said to Mr Stok "a guy over there was vered blood and I've been told you punched him", he replied "bee he was abg my two iends for beg gay" source, Avon and Somerset PoliceImage ptn, Mr Hale suffered bisg and a cut to his forehead, the urt was toldNottghamshire batsman Mr Hal told PC Alway he had not seen the alleged fight, the urt was told. "In a statement Mr Stok gave to police after he had been arrted, he said he had acted self-fence when he punched Mr Ali and Mr Hale, after seeg them verbally abe two gay men, Kai Barry and William O'Connor. 'Defend myself'"The men were speakg to the gay guys what I would ll a harsh and abive way, " the statement said.

"It was homophobic nature. "Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Mr Ali (left) and Mr Hale have both plead not guilty to afayIn a send statement given to police, Mr Stok said he did not mimic Mr Barry and Mr O'Connor and had not flicked a cigarette butt at told tectiv he wnsed Mr Ali and Mr Hale verbally abg the two gay Mr Ali was terviewed by police, he nied sayg anythg homophobic to Mr O'Connor or Mr Barry.

BEN STOK TRIAL: CRICKETER 'FLICKED CIGARETTE BUTT' AT GAY UPLE BEFORE BRISTOL BRAWL

England all-rounr Ben Stok has been termed a ‘real hero’ for playg the rcuer’s role and protectg a gay uple the eventful Bristol ‘fight night’ cint.

BEN STOK WAS FENDG OM HOMOPHOBIC ABE, SAY GAY MEN

Addg a new twist to the tale, and possibly the biggt impact this se, Kai Barry and Billy O’Connell told The Sun on Saturday that Stok was a hero for them, as the cricketer saved the gay uple om huiatn and a possible physil damage.

GAY UPLE 'SAVED' BY BEN STOK WANT HIM TO BE KNIGHTED AFTER ASH TRIUMPH

EMOTIONAL Ben Stok today h back after he was cleared over a boozy brawl - sistg he was only fendg two gay men om "ser abe". He was also acced of mockg the "mp behavur" of two gay men and flickg a cigarette butt at one of their heads.

In a statement read out by his lawyer Pl Lunt outsi urt, he said: "[Ben] was mdg his own bs when two men were subjected to ser homophobic abe. The 27-year-old mataed he was fendg two gay men om “ser abe” when he punched former soldier Ryan Hale and fireman Ryan Ali.

The urt prevly heard how the 6ft 2s all-rounr "mimicked" gay men Kai Barry and William O'Connor outsi a club.

GAY UPLE THANK BEN STOK FOR FENDG THEM AFTER ENGLAND CRICKETER IS ACQUTED FOR AFAY

New CCTV shows England cricketer Ben Stok 'tossg a cigarette butt at gay man before street fight'. TWO gay men have told how Ben Stok saved them om beg beaten up by takg on homophobic bulli a late-night England vice-pta, 26, uld miss the Ash after he was ught on vio rag blows on two men the Kai Barry, 26, and Billy O’Connell, 20, say Stok was fendg them agast abe after buyg them drks earlier that claims uld lead to the all-rounr beg cleared over the punch-up and eed to play the First Tt Atralia next told The Sun: “We were so grateful to Ben for steppg to help.

He knew we were gay but he didn’t make anythg of . ” The pair, who have been iends for two years after meetg on the gay scene Bristol, left the club around said: “Ben Stok asked where we were gog next as was Sunday and most plac were closed.

Kai said of the abe: “They’ve seen me thkg they’re big men bee I’m a ltle gay boy. “Apparently people thought we didn’t exist and that the story about Ben fendg two gay men was ma-up.