A man allegedly assaulted by two off duty Merseyside Police officers told a jury they "asked him for cocaine" before beating him while he "cried" in a toilet cubicle.
Jack Bennett was 18 when the alleged assault occurred in Ava's Bar on Renshaw Street, Liverpool City Centre, on July 28, 2020. A jury at Preston Crown Court has heard how a brawl erupted in the bar shortly after 10.37pm between a group of officers, out celebrating a colleague being moved to a new department, and Jack and his older brother Mark Bennett.
PCs Sean Miley, 31, and Paul Grimes, 37, deny assaulting Mr Bennett causing actual bodily harm, while two other officers, PCs John Thompson, 26, and Lucy Donaldson, 40, deny affray in connection with the brawl. All the defendants claim they acted in self-defence.
