‘I’m not homophobic – I have gay mates’

A civil engineer accused of punching a fellow drinker in a pub denies the assault was homophopobically motivated because he has ‘gay mates’. Charlie Allaway, 24, allegedly struck Danny Waterworth in the smoking area at an All Bar One in London’s West End on 29 July 2023. Prosecutor Tom Coling said: ‘It seemed that the two parties engaged with each other for a matter of seconds before the punch was thrown. ‘There was blood coming out of the complainant’s mouth….