Billy Baker faces two charges of wounding with intent against Jimmy Witt. The Prosecution allege that Baker slashed Witt's face with a razor and later arranged for the squat he was living in to be demolished while he was still living there leaving him with a broken leg. Witt claims that these attacks were part of a remorseless campaign of bullying by Baker. At the start of the trial Baker dismisses his counsel and defends himself. He does not deny a long criminal record but insists he is a friend of Witt and has been falsely accused. He asserts that Witt cut his own face and the later injuries were the fault of the demolition driver.
—Alan Briscoe