A MAN who died from serious head injuries following a fight outside a nightclub has been branded a “lunatic” by one of the men accused of his killing.

Oliver O’Bryan, formerly of Shortlands, said Paul Baker, 25, came at him and that not he or any of his co-defendants had kicked him as he lay dying on the floor.

He told a jury at the Old Bailey on Friday: “The boy was never kicked.

“There was one blow by me in self-defence. He came at me, the boy was, I’m sorry to say, a lunatic.”

Paul Baker, who grew up in Sidcup, died of severe head injuries at Queen Mary’s Hospital 32 hours after the fight outside The Lounge bar in White Horse Hill, Chislehurst on May 7 last year.

Prosecutor Frances Oldham QC said: “It was you Mr O’Bryan who lost it and were attacking Paul Baker.”

Mr O’Bryan responded: “The boy came at me, what was I expected to do, get hit, get stabbed?”

Miss Olham also questioned why Mr O’Bryan and his brother Christopher had driven to the Evans’ brothers home, one of whom is also on trial, following the incident and stayed there for 10 minutes.

She enquired: “No question of needing 10 minutes to get your stories straight?”

Mr O’Bryan said: “We didn’t put our heads together we just talked about what had happened and why it’s come to (pause), why it had happened.”

He also told the court he had left the scene because he didn’t think Paul Baker was seriously injured and he wanted to avoid any more trouble.

Miss Oldham said: “You left Mr O’Bryan becuase you knew you had done something seriously wrong in attacking Paul Baker.”

“I was defending myself from an attack from an aggressive man, if Paul had got up he would have been angry and possible attacked me again. His friends would have come at me as well,” Mr O’Bryan said, “It never even crossed my mind that the boy was hurt.”

Christopher and Oliver O’Bryan, both from the Tonbridge area, and Daniel Becks-Evans, of Leas Green, Chislehurst, deny manslaughter and violent disorder.

The trial continues.