![]() ![]() “But when we snap, do we worry about the consequences in that moment?” the prosecutor asked jurors.Stephen and Foreign Office diplomat Elaine have moved to a new home in Surrey after a spell Down Under filming Stephen Tompkinson’s Australian Adventure. The prosecutor, Michael Bunch, said Tompkinson had argued his profession made him less likely to assault anyone because it would be “career suicide”. “I didn’t want to hurt him, I wanted to stop him to change his mind about coming towards me and further on to my property,” Tompkinson said. ![]() He said he put his hand out to stop Poole coming any further. He told the court the two men “took great objection to me complaining about them being there” and had started to move towards him. Tompkinson said he could not have punched Poole because he was holding his phone. While waiting to be connected, Tompkinson went outside wearing pyjamas and a dressing gown and told the “heavily intoxicated” men he had called the police.Ī neighbour, Caroline Davidson, who was watching from her bedroom window, told the court she saw Tompkinson slap and punch Poole, causing him to stumble and fall backwards, hitting his head on the ground. He called 999 after seeing the pair try to stand up and fall several times while drinking from a bottle of Jagermeister, jurors heard. Tompkinson, 57, who was living with his partner and her seven-year-old son at the time, said he heard “strange noises” at about 5.30am. He and his friend Andrew Hall had been drinking since midnight and had gone to the beach before passing Tompkinson’s home in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, on the walk back. The trial was told Poole was wearing only his underpants. Asked for his reaction as he was leaving court, Tompkinson told reporters: “I just want to go home.” ![]() The actor nodded but showed no visible emotion. On Thursday, a jury at Newcastle crown court found Tompkinson not guilty. Tompkinson told jurors he only pushed Poole away in self-defence and the contact “wasn’t enough to knock a sober man off his feet”. The prosecution said Tompkinson had “snapped” and punched Poole, who fell to the ground and suffered a fractured skull when his head hit the pavement. ![]()
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