A man has gone on trial accused of attacking another man in the street with a golf club.
The Crown says Dana Ali, 28, swung a golf club hitting a man to the head in central Stockton.
Ali, on the other hand, said the alleged victim was the aggressor who attacked him and injured himself, Teesside Crown Court heard.
Prosecutor David Lamb said Ali came into a house on Walter Street and demanded money from the other man at 7 to 8pm on November 15 last year.
The man refused as he had no reason to give Ali any money, a jury was told today.
“On that the prosecution says that the defendant Mr Ali became aggressive and hostile,” added Mr Lamb.
He said Ali grabbed the man, who pushed him away and punched him in self defence, fearing attack and fearing for his safety.
Ali produced a knife before the men were separated and the other man was taken out of the house, said the Crown barrister.
Mr Lamb said: “Mr Ali, the defendant, doesn’t stay inside the address. He comes out.
“This time he’s armed with a golf club, a golf club he’d taken from inside the house.”
It is alleged Ali hit the other man to the top of his head with the club, causing a six-inch wound to the scalp which bled profusely before it was stitched at James Cook University Hospital A & E.
“If you hit somebody to the head with a golf club you might intend to cause really serious harm,” Mr Lamb told jurors.
Ali, of Londonderry Road, Stockton, denies charges of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, unlawful wounding and having an offensive weapon.
He denied wrongdoing in a police interview, saying the other man owed him £1,500 and attacked him.
He said he acted in self defence believing the other man had a knife, and was cut to the top of his own head as he defended himself.
He told officers the other man ran out of the house to find a golf club then banged on the door, brandished the club, goaded him to come outside and threatened to kill him.
He said there were two golf clubs, neither of which he used in an assault himself.
He surmised that the alleged victim was injured as he hit himself to place the blame on Ali.
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