A man who denies the manslaughter of his next door neighbour after a fight teared up as he told a jury he delivered one punch and it was "to protect myself". Wearing a smart suit in the witness stand at Nottingham Crown Court, Arthur Cabourn became emotional as he described at his trial events on the morning of August 11 last year when he was about to leave for work.
CCTV captured their movements just before the tragedy. Next door neighbour Alan Youd, 69, hit the ground during the fight and never regained consciousness. The footage did not capture the alleged fight - but showed both men beforehand near their homes in Chestnut Drive, Shirebrook.
Cabourn, who had started the engine of his red Land Rover Discovery, claimed father-of-two Mr Youd was 'effing and jeffing' (meaning to swear), saying something about Cabourn's son. "I don't know why he had come out," Cabourn said to the jury. "I just ignored him and went to my car. All I said to him was, 'you need to see a psychiatrist'.
