One Tesco employee put Sonny Starkey in a headlock for "some minutes" after he threw "kicks and punches" along with Gene Appleton Gallagher, the court ...
All three men were charged with affray, but Gallagher was also charged with racially aggravated assault by beating, and Starkey was charged with two counts of assault by beating. One employee then managed to get Starkey in a headlock for "some minutes", the court heard. Gene Appleton Gallagher, 20, and Sonny Starkey, 21, were "young men thinking they can get what they want by misbehaving" when they fought shop staff at a London Tesco Express, Judge Joanna Greenberg said.
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“I believe that the staff should have been more patient with the males,” he said. In my opinion, both sides could have handled the situation better.” “Mr Starkey and Mr Gallagher now have a strong case to the effect that Mr Starkey was lawfully defending himself and Mr Gallagher was lawfully defending Mr Starkey,” said Mr Agbamu. An independent eyewitness said she “saw a member of the Tesco staff hitting and grabbing Mr Starkey and appearing to target him” and said the CPS had now concluded the ensuing brawl could have been justified. She said prosecutors now accept the Tesco staff “over-reacted”. She added: “This doesn’t diminish to a great extent the bad behaviour.” Prosecutor Alexander Agbamu told Wood Green Crown Court the incident began when Ponte was accused of stealing a can of pre-mixed alcohol and Gallagher and Starkey were then said to have delivered “kicks and punches” to shop workers who intervened.
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During the confrontation at the beginning, she described “young men throwing groceries around” and a member of Tesco’s staff “hitting and grabbing Mr Starkey and appearing to target him.” She added that the staff member was the “aggressor”. “The crown is now bound to see phase 2 in light of these events. “In that footage one can see a member of staff advancing towards Mr Starkey, Mr Starkey falling out of view and apparently to the ground,” he said. They came in and the situation went from a discussion with me to a fight with all of the staff. “Phase 2 involved kicks and punches delivered” by Gallagher and Starkey directed to one of staff members, he said, while phase three saw Starkey put in a headlock and kept like that for “some minutes”, by one of the employees. The witness, who lived in London at the time, described how a member of staff at the Hampstead store had hit and grabbed Mr Starkey, describing the employee as “the aggressor”. The judge branded the pair “entitled young men thinking they can get what they want from misbehaving” after hearing details of the late night brawl. The pair were ordered to stay out of trouble by a judge after charges of affray were dropped when it emerged they acted in self defence after a witness came forward.
Prosecutors drop case, but judge brands pair 'entitled young men who think they can get what they want by misbehaving'
Gene Gallagher, 21, and Sonny Starkey, 20, had charges dropped against them in return for them agreeing to be bound over over the incident at a Tesco in ...
Gene Gallagher, 20, and Sonny Starkey, 21, got into the scuffle after being told they couldn't buy alcohol because it was past 11pm. Advertisement.
The staff should have been more patient.” "But for that, this episode wouldn't have happened. I'm going to bind him over to keep the peace." Judge Joanna Greenberg told Ponte: "I am going to bind over the defendant. Instead, they were bound over to keep the peace with a £500 fine if they step out of line in the next year. One witness said staff were the main aggressors, saying she saw one “hitting Mr Starkey and appearing to grab him”.
Prosecutors said Gallagher threw “kicks and punches” at shop staff in a late-night brawl at a London Tesco Express.
Meanwhile, one witness described the member of staff as the “aggressor”, the court was told. In my opinion both sides could have handled this situation better.” Staff were said to have started “grabbing” Ponte before an altercation in which prosecutors said Starkey and Gallagher threw “kicks and punches” at one worker, who then managed to get Starkey in a headlock for “some minutes”, the court heard.
Gene Gallagher, Sonny Starkey and Noah Ponte faced trial after an altercation in a Tesco store in May 2019.
In my opinion both sides could have handled this situation better.’ CCTV footage showed a member of staff ‘advancing’ towards Starkey before Starkey fell out of view, apparently to the ground, while one witness described the member of staff as the ‘aggressor’ to the court. The altercation had occurred in a Tesco store in Hampstead, London, shortly before midnight on May 17, 2019, when shop staff tried to stop Ponte leaving with a £1.70 can of gin and tonic, which he was unable to buy as it was outside of the hours they were licensed to sell alcohol.
Gene Gallagher and Sonny Starkey were blasted by a judge over their alcohol-fuelled behaviour during an alleged fight inside a Tesco store.
Gallagher, Starkey and Ponte first appeared in court in February 2020 when the charges were issued. According to an independent eyewitness, the staffer was seen “hitting and grabbing Mr Starkey and appearing to target him”. Gallagher, Starkey and model Noah Ponte were all accused of assaulting staff at the Hampstead supermarket in May 2019.