Liam Gallagher is hardly one to mince his words, and don’t expect to get any special treatment even if you’re a judge presiding over the trial of his son.
The Oasis rocker’s son Gene Gallagher, 20, appeared in court last week alongside Beatles’ drummer Ringo Starr’s grandson Sonny Starkey, 21, as well as model Noah Ponte, 21, with the three men accused of fighting in a Tesco Express store in Hampstead, North in May 2019.
The trio pleaded not guilty to charges of affray and assault by beating; all three were charged with affray and Gallagher, whose mother is All Saints member Nicole Appleton, faced an additional charge of racially aggravated assault by beating, while Starkey was charged with two counts of assault by beating.
Judge Joanna Greenberg eventually recorded not guilty pleas in relation to Gallagher and Starkey, and bound over all three defendants.
During Friday’s appearance, Gallagher from the judge, with Judge Greenberg telling the three at Wood Green Crown Court that they were ‘entitled’, and that they were ‘young men thinking they can get what they want by misbehaving.’
But responding to the judge’s comments, Liam took to social media on the weekend to share his two cents.
He wrote: ‘Judge Judy can kiss my a*** hole ? from 1 entitled p**k to another as you were LG x.’
On a roll, Liam went on: ‘Funny thing is 99 percent of judges are massive C***Z,’ adding: ‘Asking folk to sit down stand up rise f**k off with your n****y wig.’
Seemingly poking fun at the allegations, he added: ‘If ya can’t steal from your local Tescos where can you steal from eh this country is over LGx’
The altercation had occurred in a Tesco store in Hampstead, London, shortly before midnight on May 17, 2019, when shop staff tried to stop Ponte leaving with a £1.70 can of gin and tonic, which he was unable to buy as it was outside of the hours they were licensed to sell alcohol.
The court heard that Ponte had paid for nuts of the same value, which he left in the shop, in an attempt to get around the licensing restriction, he told the court.
Staff were alleged to have started ‘grabbing’ Ponte before the altercation, in which prosecutors said Starkey and Gallagher threw ‘kicks and punches’ at one worker, who then managed to get Starkey in a headlock for ‘some minutes’.
Their trial was due to start last Wednesday, but prosecutors decided to bring no evidence as new evidence had come to light which showed there was a ‘strong case’ Starkey was acting in self-defence and Gallagher was defending him, the court heard.
Ponte was found not guilty of theft by the jury after 31 minutes of deliberation.
CCTV footage showed a member of staff ‘advancing’ towards Starkey before Starkey fell out of view, apparently to the ground, while one witness described the member of staff as the ‘aggressor’ to the court.
A statement from the security guard alleged that while the trio ‘started it’, staff did not allow him to handle them.
He said in a statement: ‘They came in and the situation went from a situation with me to a fight with all the staff. In my opinion both sides could have handled this situation better.’
Concluding the hearing, Judge Greenberg told Gallagher and Starkey: ‘Your behaviour on this occasion when you entered the Tesco store was, in my view, completely out of order.
‘It’s hard enough when people running a late-night store encounter entitled young men thinking they can get what they want by misbehaving, and that’s what you did.’
The judge concluded that Ponte’s actions ‘invited trouble’ and were the ‘catalyst’ for the events which occurred, and recorded not guilty pleas in relation to Gallagher and Starkey, and bound over all three defendants – meaning they have promised to ‘keep the peace and be of good behaviour’ for 12 months or pay £500.
