Actor Stephen Tompkinson ‘punched drunk man who was making noise outside home’

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. Caroline Davidson, who watched the incident from her bedroom window, later told officers she saw Tompkinson slap Mr Poole with his right hand before punching him to the head with his left fist. “She could see that one, later found to be Mr Poole, had on only his underpants, with a towel lying on the path next to him.” open image in gallery Tompkinson told officers he acted in self-defence after the men had become ‘aggressive’ Ms Davidson went back to bed but looked out again when she heard another voice about five minutes later. Mr Bunch said: “Although she could not hear what her neighbour was saying, Mrs Davidson formed the view, from his hand gestures, that was telling the two men to get on their way. “Concerned for what she had seen, Mrs Davidson asked her husband to call the ambulance service.” The court heard that after Mr Poole had gone to the floor, Tompkinson used his mobile phone to record two separate clips of the two men, but did not contact the ambulance service himself.