Stephen Tompkinson broke his silence on Friday as he opened up on the stressful trial he endured after being accused of punching a man who suffered a double skull fracture when his head hit the pavement.
The DCI Banks actor was found not guilty of GBH but detailed the traumatic toll the trial took on him and explaining the details of what happened on the night in question.
Recalling the night, the actor said: "It was about five o'clock on a Sunday morning at the end of May, beautiful day and these two chaps turned up one just dressed in his underpants and socks and his friend who was also very dishevelled...they were the definition of drunk and disorderly. Several other people in the street had heard the commotion."
