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27/08/04 - Man cleared of assault
charges
Rutland Mercury
A MAN accused of smashing a beer glass in the face of
a pub customer has been cleared after a witness said someone
else was responsible.
Bernard O'Mahoney (44) was alleged to have attacked Kenneth
Turton after violence erupted in the Old Coach House in
Market Deeping.
But Sean MacDonald, who came forward after a police appeal
for witnesses, told Lincoln Crown Court he was sure Mr
O'Mahoney was not the culprit.
He said he saw Mr O'Mahoney and Mr Turton being held apart
by doormen when a third man picked up the beer glass and
threw it at Mr Turton.
Giving evidence, Mr MacDonald told a jury this week: "The
man who was hit screamed and shouted he had been hit in
the face. After that it was mayhem."
Earlier Mr Turton told how he was left with blood pouring
from wounds to his face and chest but confessed he did
not see his attacker.
Dawn Pritchard, prosecuting, told the court she would
be offering no further evidence against Mr O'Mahoney after
Mr MacDonald's testimony.
Mr O'Mahoney, of Market Deeping, had denied unlawfully
wounding Mr Turton in the alleged |
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