Victim of violent clash was 'trying to cause trouble'
ISRAR Ellahi had been 'trying to cause a fight' on the night he received a fractured skull in a street brawl, an inquest has heard.
Karl Pearce told the inquest at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court yesterday how he had been involved in a fight with Mr Ellahi at the Sneyd Arms Hotel in Tunstall on the night of June 18, 2010.
This was just an hour before Mr Ellahi was involved in an unconnected brawl in Roundwell Street, Tunstall.
Mr Pearce, who had never seen Mr Ellahi prior to the incident, said the other man had been acting aggressively in the pub.
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Earlier in the night, the England football team had played Algeria in a World Cup match, and many of the people in the pub had been wearing England shirts.
Mr Pearce said Mr Ellahi had started shouting anti-England abuse.
Mr Pearce said: "I thought he must have been on drugs coming here and saying things like that. That's how he came across. He just came to wind people up.
"I asked him what his problem was. I told him to stop being stupid or he'd get hit. He'd come into a public house and was racist towards English people."
Bar staff eventually asked Mr Ellahi to leave after he had refused to remove his hat.
Mr Ellahi then walked towards Mr Pearce, who had been watching his confrontation with a bar maid.
Mr Pearce punched Mr Ellahi, and later claimed the other man had threatened to stab him.
The confrontation then continued outside the pub.
Mr Pearce said: "He just wanted to cause trouble. He was trying to cause a fight."
Comments
by arthurheath1
Saturday, December 08 2012, 8:59PM
“Interestingly, Israr Ellahi is an anagram of "He is a liar".”
by Backdoored
Friday, December 07 2012, 10:10PM
“As me old grand-dad used to say, 'If you don't want trouble -then don't ask for it'. I have no truck with those sick merchants on here who revel in death -whether it be execution or done in the street.”
by arthurheath1
Friday, December 07 2012, 8:22PM
“warren lloyd, he did get what he asked for. A smack. The "delighted" remark I would distance myself from, because, as I said, no one deserves to die in this way, but it sounds like he shouted his mouth off and got a slap for it. End of.”
by gengar1
Friday, December 07 2012, 8:01AM
“agree with you arthur, but a few comments here almost seem to be revelling in his death, which is a little twisted.”
by warren-lloyd
Friday, December 07 2012, 7:52AM
“So in saying that Arthur, will you distance yourself from remarks like "Delighted he got his head kicked in" "die by the sword" and your very own "look like he asked for what he got".”
by arthurheath1
Friday, December 07 2012, 6:42AM
“gengar and warren lloyd,
What he got was a smack, he didn't deserve to die you are right, but it seems that he wasn't intentionally killed, he just got a smack which you both agree he deserved. Therefore, in effect he put himself in a position which resulted in his own death. Those are the facts, and no matter what his family and friends think, he died as a result of his own actions.”
by warren-lloyd
Friday, December 07 2012, 5:11AM
“I with Ginger, might have needed a good slap, if the remarks went to far and pointed at something other then football, but not what happened.”
by jammie
Friday, December 07 2012, 12:15AM
“surely we cannot acuse this guy of racist comments regarding England - i thought it was only possible in this country to be accused of racism if your white......”
by gengar1
Thursday, December 06 2012, 9:16PM
“***....if this is true, then he deserved a smack in the chops...not to die. Shame on you.”
by PaulF430
Thursday, December 06 2012, 12:10PM
“Delighted he got his head kicked in if this is true. Another one who despises the country that he lives in. Simple answer fella, go back to where your ancestors came from, you're not welcome here anyway.”