A fairground worker who denies killing a man with a punch spent part of the night arguing with a fellow employee over a dropped kebab and a pair of stolen speakers, a jury heard.

Marcus Raggett had left a pub in Evesham with the accused man, Richard Parker, in the early hours and went to a kebab shop in the High Street.

Mr Raggett told Worcester Crown Court he was blamed when 21-year-old Parker dropped his kebab and wrongly accused over the theft.

He said they were outside the shop arguing "except for a brief moment" and he never saw Parker attack the victim, Sorren Prosser.

He only saw Mr Prosser, of Cornmill, Elmley Castle, lying on the ground. A punch ruptured an artery carrying blood to his brain and he died five days later, never recovering.

Mr Raggett, who watched a street security video in court of his row with Parker, conceded that he held the defendant's jumper and passed his fist in front of his face, miming a punch.

He was then felled by a blow from Parker and suffered a broken cheekbone, the jury heard.

Parker, who comes from Birkenhead, Merseyside, denies manslaughter claiming mistaken identity. He also denies assaulting Mr Raggett and causing him actual bodily harm on the grounds of self-defence.

Punched

Ben Hulse, aged 18, earlier gave evidence that he watched from the doorway of the Bodrum Kebab House as 26-year-old Mr Prosser was punched in the face.

He insisted the attacker was Parker because he was wearing an orange sweatshirt. But he failed to pick him out on a police parade.

The prosecution alleges that a woman with the fairground workers became aggressive towards Mr Prosser in the kebab shop and Parker then landed the fatal blow outside.

Giving evidence yesterday, Mr Raggett said he argued with Parker in the street.

"I was trying to get him to hit me by taking the mickey and acting a punch," he added."

He said he wanted to be punched so he could fight Parker.

Police arrested Mr Raggett on October 7, the day after Mr Prosser was fatally injured.

He told police he could not remember much because of too much alcohol. Another fairground worker, Jamie Gosling, tried to break up the row between Mr Raggett and Parker.

He said there had been "a little scuffle" by the kebab shop and he had seen a man lying on the ground. "I don't know who he was and didn't see how it happened," he added.

The trial continues.