A teacher told a court how he was threatened with

A teacher told a court how he was threatened with a gun after trying to break up a fight between pupils and a gang of thugs swinging baseball bats.

Brave Timothy Naylor (cor) 34, told an Old Bailey jury how his lunch-break took a terrifying turn after he saw a pupil from Edmonton County School being attacked in the street.

But after trying to help the troubled teen, he was allegedly threatened by Ibrahim Ozbek (cor), 19 who waved a gun at him saying: ‘I’ll do you if you f****** want it’ he claimed.

When arrested a week-and-a-half later outside McDonald’s, unemployed Ozbek from Lopen Road (cor), Edmonton, told police, ‘I like guns.

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Prosecutor Tom Wilkins told the court how the teacher witnessed the violence flare on March 14 this year.

‘Mr Naylor saw a group of Year 10 and 11 children outside a row of shop in Cambridge Terrace and another group of kids with baseball bats.

‘A large fight between the two groups broke out and a pupil was being chased.

‘He was punched and kicked to the ground when he was on the ground, they carried on punching and kicking him.

‘The teacher shouted to stop and to get off him and the group ran away.

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Mr Wilkins said Ozbeck drove up in a white Ford Fiesta and threatened the teacher.

Bhupendra Patel (cor) who owns a newsagent in Cambridge Terrace told the court how he heard a shot being fired before the came on the scene.

‘There were quite a lot of people outside the shop and then there was a loud noise, a sort of unusual noise,’ he recalled.

‘I thought it was some sort of fight.

‘I was going towards the door and I heard someone shout: ”Back up” and then a shot was fired.

‘Then there was a screaming noise.

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Ozbek denies having an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.

He told police he had fired a shot from his starting pistol to scare off a group of youngsters beating up his friend.

Ozbek denied threatening the teacher and told police he feared another boy was about to throw a brick at his car while a second boy kicked the XR2 which he called his ‘pride and joy.

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When interviewed by police he said: ‘I like guns, I’m being honest.

He said he had just bought blanks for the pnds stlg 40 gun and was driving to get something to eat with his girlfriend when he saw his pal being attacked.

He said: ‘My friend was surrounded by about 15 people.

‘One person had him against a shop window and punched him so I got the gun.

‘I got out of the car and said: ”Leave him alone”

‘Two of them tried to come towards me and one pushed me against a wall.

‘I was treated like an idiot in front of my girlfriend and felt really stupid so I put the gun in the air and said: ”Back off”.

‘Then I saw someone holding a brick and I said: ”Put it down, don’t throw it at the car.

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He added: ‘I didn’t go out to scare people for real.

I was scared for myself.

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The trial continues.

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