Retrial for painter

A painter who slapped a man to the floor after being falsely accused of taking his phone is facing a retrial after a jury could not reach a verdict. David Baptiste, 55, argued with Hakim Oladle-Lawal after he was confronted in Kendrick’s Bar, in west London. Southwark crown court heard that 6ft 4 Baptiste then smacked Mr Oladle-Lawal so hard that he fell to the floor and fractured his shoulder. But after two days of deliberation, the jury could not…