Man cleared of GBH on Charlotte Church's dad after he allegedly asked for ... - Scottish Daily Record

A MAN charged with leaving Charlotte Church's dad with a fractured eye socket after he allegedly asked him for cocaine at a party has walked free from court.

Businessman James Church, 47, was left bleeding badly with stamp marks on his face and two black eyes after a fight with Robert Moore, 46.

Moore was accused of causing grievous bodily harm to Church in the gents' toilet of a snooker club last Hogmanay.

But a jury yesterday found Moore not guilty of causing grievous bodily harm.

Moore, from Grangetown, Cardiff, gave a clenched fist salute to family and friends when the verdict was announced and thanked the jury at Cardiff Crown Court.

Moore claims he saw Church using cocaine at the party and the singer's dad later asked if people were "doing" the drug.

The two men later bumped into each other in the club toilets where the violence erupted.

Prosecutor Jeremy Jenkins said: "Moore struck Church on the head with a bottle, causing him to fall to the floor.

"While on the floor he was kicked in the right eye and then continuously kicked in the face and stamped on."

Moore claimed he was acting in self-defence during the scuffle at Potters Bar Pool Hall, Leckwith, Cardiff.

He said the injury to Church's head could have been caused by the toilet door.

Moore said: "He came in confrontationally asking for cocaine and I said we didn't do cocaine. He came towards me to 'do' me and I got in first.

"We both fell over and I fell on top of him and we were both chucking punches."

Mr Jenkins told the court Moore's claim that Church had asked about cocaine was a "gratuitous lie to blacken his character".

Moore replied: "That's total nonsense. I didn't attack him. He attacked me."