Hull - A jury yesterday heard the Leeds United footballer, Lee Bowyer, telling police that he never reached the scene of a street attack in which a young student was beaten senseless. Bowyer (24) told detectives that he ran after his friend and team mate, Jonathan Woodgate, away from a Leeds City centre nightclub - but that he then fell over and was punched and kicked in the head.
The jury at Hull Crown Court heard tapes of police interviews with Bowyer on his arrest on January 18th last year.