And half way through the trial Stokes-s legal team attempted to have the case against him dropped but this was also refused by the judge. New Zealand-born Stokes said in his testimony last Friday he had a "significant memory blackout" but he was "absolutely not" an angry man who had lost all control.

Stokes said he intervened because 28-year-old Ali and his friend Ryan Hale -- who had been acquitted earlier in the trial -- had directed alleged homophobic abuse at gay men William O-Connor and Kai Barry as they walked away from Mbargo nightclub. Stokes went out celebrating after beating the West Indies in a match in Bristol on September 24.

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Stokes said he would have had a bottle of beer after the match, two or three pints at the hotel, five or six vodka and lemonades and then "potentially had some Jagerbombs" in Mbargo. Ali who was knocked unconscious and suffered a fractured eye socket said in his evidence he remained in the care of a surgeon and still suffered from double vision.

He said his memory of the night was "incomplete" due to his head injury. Ali recalled walking along the street with Hale, Barry and O-Connor, "having a laugh and some banter and the next thing I remember is having a tall blond man charging towards me". "I just didn-t want any trouble so I was backing away, trying to retreat." Stokes-s career has been on hold during the trial -- meaning he missed England-s second Test victory over India at Lord-s -- and he was omitted form the squad for the third Test which gets underway next Saturday.

A brief statement issued by the England and Wales Cricket Board ECB said they would review Stokes-s position following the conclusion of the trial.

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