GRIME star Bugzy Malone attacked two strangers and broke both their jaws after wrongly believing they had broken into his home, a jury heard.
The 30-year-old rapper - real name Aaron Davies - punched and kicked one man, also leaving him with a head wound, before punching the other as his two daughters watched on.
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Bugzy Malone, 30, attacked two strangers jaws Credit: Cavendish 3
A court heard how he thought his home was being broken into Credit: Cavendish
The attack was described as “retribution” after Davies had been “consumed by rage”, although he claims he acted in self-defence.
Manchester Crown Court heard the “unlikely backdrop” to the incident in September 2018 was the Ramsbottom Black Pudding Festival, in Lancashire.
Maria Brannan, prosecuting, said one of the victims Michael Clapperton had attended the festival with his family but his 13-year-old daughter became “bored” and decided to meet friends in a park.
The group of teens, the court heard today, were "all big Bugzy Malone fans” and went to Davies’ house nearby, where one of them - a 13-year-old boy - decided to peer over the electric gates and shout the rapper’s name.
When somebody came out of the house they ran off but a car, believed to belong to Davies, suddenly appeared and drove past them at speed.
The car then followed them into the park and drove at the group - leaving Mr Clapperton’s daughter “terrified”.
She tearfully phoned her mum Tina Clapperton, who told her daughter to come home but she was too frightened to walk past Davies’ house.
'AGRESSIVE AND ERRATIC'
Mrs Clapperton headed home but Mr Clapperton, his elder daughter and a family friend Paul Armstrong decided to head to the park to collect Ellie.
When they got there, Andrew Gold, the “angry” father of the 13-year-old boy, was waiting, Ms Brannan said.
He appeared to be drunk and had received a phone call from his son, who he believed had been threatened.
Mr Gold “wouldn’t let the matter go” so Mr Clapperton suggested they go to Davies’ house to speak to the occupant.
But when they got there Mr Gold’s behaviour became “aggressive and erratic”.
He shouted threats, threw stones and CCTV played to the court showed him forcing his way through the electric gates and into the courtyard of the property.
Mr Clapperton then squeezed through the gates to attempt to persuade Mr Gold to leave but he refused.
Davies wasn’t home at the time with only his parter Miami and mother Mavis there, Ms Brannan said.
Mavis rang police while Miami rang Davies, who arrived home around 15 minutes later.
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Mobile phone footage seen by the jury showed the aftermath of the attack, with Mr Potter helping Mr Armstrong back to his feet.
Both were treated in hospital for broken jaws and Mr Clapperton later had a metal plate fitted in his mouth.
By this time, Mr Armstrong, Mr Clapperton his daughters and the rest of the group, including Mr Gold’s “distraught” son, had decided to walk home.
But Davies’ neighbour Paul Potter had identified the two men as “intruders” and he grabbed Mr Clapperton as he walked past the builder’s grey van, which was parked in the road.
Mr Clapperton explained he’d done “nothing wrong” but Davies’ black Mercedes then arrived at the scene.
Davies got our the car and “walked at speed” towards Mr Armstrong, said Ms Brannan, before punching him “hard’ in the jaw and he fell to the ground.
He also punched Mr Clapperton, who fell back against the van.
Davies then left, kicking Mr Armstrong in the back of the head as he passed.
Davies, who denies two charges of inflicting grievous bodily harm, was arrested and interviewed by police in January 2019.
In a statement, he said he’d received a call from Mr Potter saying his house “was being done over”.
He’d then driven to the scene of the attack and believed Mr Potter was “involved in a confrontation with the burglars” who’d then become aggressive and racially abusive towards him.
Davies said he’d punched them as “a reflex motion” in the belief he was going to be attacked.
Ms Brannan said the prosecution’s case was it was “nothing to do with self defence” and Davies’ actions that day were “retribution”.
“This was summary justice dispensed by the defendant at a time when he was consumed with rage,” she said.
“He hit and kicked those men as hard as he could because he believed – wrongly – that he needed to teach them a lesson.”
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The rapper's real name Aaron Davies Credit: Getty Images - Getty