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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".

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 SAID HE WAS PROTECTG GAY UPLE FIGHT, URT TOLD

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

”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.

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.

BEN STOK ALLEGED TO HAVE MOCKED GAY MEN, URT 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 ‘FENDG GAY MEN OM HOMOPHOBIC ABE’ BEFORE ARRT – REPORTS

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.

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

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

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.

CRICKETER BEN STOK MOCKED GAY UPLE BEFORE FIGHT, JURY HEARS

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.

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.

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

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. 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. England cricketer Ben Stok mocked two gay men, “mimickg their voic and mannerisms a rogatory manner”, before fightg wh two other men after a night out Bristol, a urt has heard.

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

Footage was shown that the prosecutn said picted Stok mockg Kai Barry and William O’Connor, scribed as a “flamboyant, extrovert and openly gay young uple” before flickg the stub of a l cigarette towards the head of O’Connor. ”Cunngham then wnsed Stok allegedly beg homophobic towards Barry and O’Connor at which pot, the doorman told him: “If you want to start on anyone, start on me, ” the urt was and Hal had not had any ntact wh Ali and Hale at this pot spe them all beg Mbargo nightclub at var tim that eveng.

BEN STOK WAS FENDG OM HOMOPHOBIC ABE, SAY GAY MEN

Ben Stok knocked two men unnsc a street brawl after flickg a cigarette butt at gay men he mocked outsi a nightclub, the prosecutn has said at the England cricket star's alleged asslt, which happened September after England played the southwt English cy of Bristol, led to Stok missg the 2017-18 Ash seri, and will see him miss England's send Tt agast India at Lord's as he ntts the afay appeared for the first day of the trial at Bristol Crown Court on Monday (lol time) alongsi his -acced, former soldier Ryan Hale and emergency servic worker Ryan Ali, iends who had not met the cricketer before that Ali's eye socket was actured by Stok and Mr Hale was also hospalised wh a cut to his forehead, prosecutor Nicholas Corsellis said his openg statement.

Stok allegedly hurled sultg ments at the door then spoke to two men — Kai Barry and William O'Connor — who were scribed by the prosecutor as "flamboyant, extrovert and openly gay". "Stok was arrted at the scene and footage om one of the police officers' body meras ptured him sayg he tervened bee a man was "abg my two iends for beg gay" Hale told officers there was "banter but no malice".

Stok allegedly mocked two gay men before the fight.

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

Cricketer Ben Stok "flicked a cigarette butt" at a gay uple as he mocked them outsi a nightclub, a urt has heard. Bristol Crown Court heard that Stok punched Ryan Ali, 28, and Ryan Hale, 27, unnsc after "chargg" at them om across the claims Hale and Ali were makg homophobic remarks about a gay uple and he me to their fence.

Two gay men say England cricketer Ben Stok was fendg them om homophobic abe when he was allegedly ught on CCTV punchg a man outsi a Bristol Barry, 26, and Billy O'Connell, 20, have told The Sun the all-rounr was "a real hero". Kai Barry and William O'Connor want to see Ben Stok knighted after his fence of them Bristol and his spectacular Ash performanceKai Barry and William O'Connor thk Ben Stok should be knighted for not only savg them but also rcug EnglandA gay uple 'saved' by England cricketer Ben Stok are llg for him to be knighted after his Ash triumph.

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

Kai Barry, 28, and William O'Connor, 22, were protected by the all-rounr after they suffered homophobic abe outsi a nightclub Bristol. ” Speakg after the trial, Mr O’Connor said: “He (Stok) uld see the people dog what they were dog and how homophobic they were and how nasty they me across. For ee real time breakg news alerts sent straight to your box sign up to our breakg news emailsSign up to our ee breakg news emailsA uple om Bristol have sisted England cricketer Ben Stok, who was arrted and charged wh afay followg a brawl Bristol, “didn’t serve beg put through a trial, ” followg his Barry, and William O'Connell met the 27-year-old sportsman and his England team-mate Alex Hal at the Mbargo nightclub Clifton Triangle the cy centre the early hours of 25 September last pair said Mr Stok me to their aid after they were lled “batty boys”- a homophobic slur.

Rellg the cint that led to the brawl, Mr Barry told ITV: “Someone me across the road and tried to h me wh a O’Connell add: “He [Mr Stok] uld see the people dog what they were dog and how homophobic they were and how nasty they me across.