Benjamin Edwards: 'I threw punch at Chris Henchliffe to defend my friend'
Benjamin Edwards, 22, is on trial charged with the manslaughter of 26-year-old Mr Henchliffe, who died in hospital nine days after an incident outside the Pomegranate Theatre in Corporation Street, Chesterfield, last summer.
Giving evidence at Nottingham Crown Court today, Edwards told how he was in Moo Bar in Corporation Street with four of his friends, Joseph Whittaker, James Wisternoff, Paddy Weston and Mick Loftus, during the early hours of July 3 last year.
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Hide AdHe said he was 'merry, happy and having a really good night, a lovely night' but would not describe himself as drunk.