BEN STOKES has been found not guilty of affray after a fight on a night out
The jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of the England cricketer who was accused of knocking two men unconscious outside a nightclub.
Mr Stokes, 27, and Ryan Ali, 28, denied affray at Bristol Crown Court
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He said he was defending gay men who were being verbally abused by other men.
But Mr Ali argued the cricketer needed restraining to protect Mr Hale.
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