VIDEO: 'Sexual comment sparked' Kingston town centre stick and belt fight

The fight broke out outside the Kings Tun pub in Clarence Street on Tuesday, April 15, spilling into the road and stopping traffic.

Natalia Connelly, 35, of East Road, Kingston and her brothers Craig Jones, 25, and Scott Mills-Jones, 27, both of Chelsea Close, Hampton Hill, Jason Mayo, 29, of Fielding Avenue, Twickenham, and Jerome Crooks, 23, of Thornton Heath, are all at Kingston Crown Court charged with one count of affray.

Miss Connelly, her brothers and Mr Mayo got involved in the dispute after a group of three men, including Jerome Crooks, 23, made a sexual comment to Miss Connelly.

The comment was made outside a Turkish restaurant in Castle Street which is not covered by CCTV.

Miss Connelly told the court she laughed at the original comment but the situation quickly escalated after she was hit with a belt while trying to break up the fight between her brother Scott and the three other men.

She said: "I felt something like a belt hit my back when I was trying to break up the fight. I couldn’t tell who hit me.

"My brother Scott then took my belt without my consent."

The fight then moved up the road to the Kings Tun pub.

The jury was shown CCTV footage of Miss Connelly appearing to smile and kissing a bleeding Mr Mayo in the aftermath of the fight.

Prosecutor Martin Hooper suggested Miss Connelly had enjoyed the excitement of the clash, asking: "Your reaction to Mr Mayo, was that a bit of celebratory behaviour?"

Miss Connelly admitted she had been hysterical during the fight but denied encouraging the violence.

She told the court: "I was just screaming out at them to stop throughout the entire thing.

"I could not control them. How do you control a load of boys?

"I was laughing afterwards because I was trying to defuse the situation."

The trial continues.