A TEENAGER told a court that he witnessed a brutal baseball bat attack.
The 14-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told Swindon Crown Court that Leon Morris, had a look of pure evil' before he bashed Charles Anderson over the head with the baseball bat.
As he spoke through a video link the court heard that he and a group of friends had been hanging around Godolphin Close, Swindon.
He said Morris approached the group on a bike saying to one of them what are you looking at old man?'.
The boy says Morris later walked up to the group, holding a baseball bat and said I will knock your teeth down your throat' to Mr Anderson.
The 14-year-old said that Morris, 21, then swung the bat knocking Mr Anderson to the ground and caused blood to stream down his face.
He added that Morris then said to Mr Anderson What do you say now?' and pointed the bat in the face of one of the other males in the group threatening him.
Morris, of Godolphin Close has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent.
In court he pleaded not guilty and says he was only defending himself.
Morris told the court that he was on his way home on November 12, 2007, when he heard voices from a group of familiar looking males who were hanging out nearby.
Morris said: "They were all holding tins.
"I rode by and one of the boys I recognised said you alright?' "I then said it back to him.
"After I went by them I stopped my bicycle there because I heard someone call over something to me.
"I stopped and said what you talking about?'"
He added that it was only then that one male in the group threw down his tin of cider and started to run towards him in an aggressive drunken manner.
Morris told the court that he then picked up a piece of wood, he believes could have been a panel from a nearby fence, and hit Mr Anderson across the head.
He says Mr Anderson then got up immediately after he hit the ground and said you're going to get it now'.
Prosecutor Mark Ashley said that police visited Morris's house an hour after the incident.
A police search of the surrounding area found no blood, baseball bat or plank of wood.
The case continues.
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