AN alleged attacker stamped on a man's head as he lay unmoving on the ground near a York road, a jury heard.

Taxi driver Michael Dick alleged he was driving towards the city centre when he saw a man in grey push a second man into the road by Clifton Green, York, about 40 or 50 yards in front of him.

The first man, whom the prosecution claim was Ian Starr, then kicked the second man in the chest, the court heard.

Mr Dick alleged he had to drive on the wrong side of the road to avoid the incident in the early hours of August 29.

Other eye-witnesses claimed they saw Starr stamp on the alleged victim’s head as he lay unmoving on the ground off the road, and renew the attack four times.

Eye-witness Stephen Clark alleged: “I thought 'this has got to end soon', but it didn’t.”

The jury at York Crown Court heard the alleged victim suffered a broken jaw, a broken nose and a black eye.

Starr, 33, of Storey Close, Helmsley, denies causing grievous bodily harm with intent to one alleged victim and assaulting a second.

He claims he was acting in self-defence after the first complainant hit him on the head with a wine bottle. The first complainant denies hitting him.

Eye-witness Lucy Ryan alleged she was woken at 2.48am by smashing glass.

Starr, who is representing himself, said to her: “You cannot say who started it.”

She replied: “It was definitely you because I saw it. I saw you being aggressive. The two men you were with were completely defenceless.”

Mr Clark claimed he was woken by someone repeatedly shouting “Why did you hit me with a bottle?” at about 2.45am.

He said he looked out to see a man in a baseball cap knock a youth whom the prosecution say was the first complainant to the ground by punching him in the face.

He claimed as the youth lay unmoving, the man, whom the prosecution say was Starr, kicked him twice or three times in the face.

“Then he stamped on his head and then he walked off,” he claimed.

He alleged he also saw the youth slumped against a tree with his head in his hands and Starr go up to him and punch him, go away and come back. He did this four times, he claimed.

Mr Dick alleged that after he saw the man in grey kick the first complainant, a “boy in glasses” came up and pushed the kicker out of the way.

The taxi driver alleged he pulled up 50 or 60 yards away and radioed his head office to call the police and ambulance.

The boy in glasses, whom the prosecution allege is the second complainant, came up to him saying his friend was being repeatedly kicked.

Both complainants allege they had been to the King's Arms before returning home for a time before going to Clifton Green to listen to music. They claim they didn’t want to disturb their housemate after he went to bed.

The trial continues.