Rap star claims he picked up bottle to defend himself during fatal brawl

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. At this point everyone is shouting.” Claiming he heard Mr Okosisi-Ezeanyika say “I have got something for you, you think you are bad”, Salieu added: “At this point I believed he had a knife. “I just threw the bottle towards his direction.” Asked by Mr Woodcock if there had been any prospect of the bottle hitting Mr Okosisi-Ezeanyika, Salieu responded: “I was sipping Hennessy. I just threw the bottle towards his direction.” The court heard Mr Okosisi-Ezeanyika, who later underwent successful emergency surgery for a stab wound to his abdomen, was “bottled” in Queen Victoria Road. Telling jurors that he had then tried to stop someone else striking Mr Okosisi-Ezeanyika with a bottle, Salieu added: “I realised he didn’t have a knife and that’s when I stopped.” Salieu, of Hillfields, Mistouflet, of Binley, Dange, of Henley Green, and Naseer, of Foleshill, all Coventry, have been told their trial is expected to last for up to four weeks.