'I saw the killer punch' says PC

'I saw the killer punch' says PC

Oct 12 2004

South London Press

A POLICEWOMAN told a court how a cousin of former Manchester United striker Lou Macari was standing motionless when he was allegedly killed with a knockout punch.

PC Vanessa Webster was trying to break up a drunken brawl involving 20 men when she noticed 28-year-old Joseph Macari in the middle of the group, the Old Bailey heard last Wednesday.

She said: "He was just standing there with his arms by his sides. He was punched in the face by a man standing in front of me wearing a white vest. He fell directly backwards to the floor. There was a thud. I didn't see him move at all."

Mr Macari, from Swansea, died in St Thomas' Hospital from head injuries that day.

Scott Elliott, 21, was identified by PC Webster as the attacker in the brawl, outside a takeaway in Kennington Lane, at around 1am last November 3.

PC Webster arrested him for affray and causing grievous bodily harm, the court heard.

PC Webster added: "I'm absolutely positive it was the same person."

Elliott, of Oval Place, Oval, denies manslaughter.

The trial continues.

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