The landlady and her partner escorted Gothard – who lived three to four houses from the bar – away to “calm the situation down”, jurors heard.<\/p>\n
But instead of going home, Gothard got into a fight with a man who he had been “riling and niggling and irritating at” in the bar, the jury was told.<\/p>\n
Joyce said Gothard, of Church Street, Appleby Magna, lost the fight and was “knocked down” and kicked, causing an injury to his face.<\/p>\n
“David Darke, the man soon to be killed, in fact picked him up and helped pull him to his feet,” Joyce added.<\/p>\n
“The defendant, in his rage, after losing the fight he had picked, attacked Mr Darke to save his own face.<\/p>\n
“He hit him so hard that he killed him. You do that in your rage because of intent to cause someone really serious harm – that’s murder.<\/p>\n
“David Darke was a man of 66 and he hit his head on the ground, and he was taken to hospital and a few days later he died.”<\/p>\n
The prosecutor said after the attack, Gothard told police an “elderly male kept saying he was going to kill me and bury me”.<\/p>\n
“He was looking for a fight. He got a fight. He lost the first one. He lost face and so he attacked the man he described as the ‘elderly man’,” Joyce said.<\/p>\n
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