A PUB bouncer kicked a rowdy customer so hard in the groin that he lost half his left testicle, a jury was told today (Monday, September 22).

Kevin Joyce had to undergo surgery on his scrotum after the kick by doorman Daniel Noy, Gloucester Crown Court heard.

Pictures of the injury were exhibited in court at the start of the trial today (Monday, September 22) but Judge Jamie Tabor QC ruled they should not be shown to the jury unless they wanted to see them later.

Mr Noy, of Woodland Road, Kidderminster, pleads not guilty to wounding Mr Joyce with intent to do him actual bodily harm on October 4 last year. He also denies an alternative less serious charge of unlawful wounding. Greg Gordon, prosecuting, said Mr Noy's case is that he kicked Mr Joyce in self defence but that it was an unprovoked and unnecessary kick at a time when he was not under any threat.

He described how Mr Joyce, who was allegedly very drunk, had attacked another bouncer outside the Albion pub in Tewkesbury to stop him restraining a friend of his.

The incident was witnessed by the pub licensee Jayne Hartland who described how Mr Joyce jumped on a bouncer who was evicting his friend Brendan Wyatt, said the prosecutor.

"Mr Noy intervened, took hold of Mr Joyce and took him away from the fight," Mr Gordon said. "At that time Mr Joyce was the aggressor and the defendant was acting in defence of a colleague perfectly properly.

"But we say after this Mr Noy stepped over the line of self defence or defence of his colleague.

"Kevin Joyce jumped over a wall and was shouting and swearing. Mr Noy had no need to approach him but at that point he took off his jacket, threw it to the floor and marched towards Mr Joyce.

"The licensee shouted out to him to leave it because she could see what was going to happen.

"Mr Noy aimed one solid very deliberate kick to the groin. Mr Joyce crumpled to the ground and that was it.

"It was a kick that was clearly not done in self defence. It was not designed to protect him or his colleague. It was done in anger."

In evidence Mr Joyce said he had drunk about nine pints of lager that night. He said he had also been a cannabis user since he was 11 and had smoked four spliffs earlier that day.

He agreed his memory was sketchy but insisted he could remember the important things that happened.

He told the jury when he left the pub he heard a bouncer telling his friend Mr Wyatt he would break his neck if he did not move.

"I went over to where they were," he said. "I felt something hit me in the side of the head and I fell over a wall. I stood up and jumped back over the wall and started walking back towards the bouncer who I assumed had done it. That was Mr Noy.

"I can remember taking a step down the kerb and then getting kicked. I had not had a chance to do anything at all. I was kicked right in the testicles.

"It was the worst pain I had ever felt. It hurt my stomach, my head was throbbing. "

He said he went to hospital the next morning and underwent surgery to remove one testicle. He was discharged after four days but later needed to go back for more treatment and had been left with two scars on his scrotum, he said.

Cross-examined by Joe Maloney, defending, Mr Joyce admitted he was a 'very angry young man' that night. He denied that Mr Noy had only kicked out to stop Mr Joyce attacking him.

"I suggest he actually kicked you twice in the thigh area to try to stop you attacking him. "

Mr Joyce replied "He hit me in the nuts. I could barely walk."

In evidence, licensee Mrs Hartland said she had been knocked over in the melee and so had the doorman dealing with Mr Wyatt.

"I saw Dan walk over to Kevin and tell him to go," she said. "But Kevin kept coming back goading him.

"Then for some reason Dan kicked Kevin. It was just one kick and it connected with Kevin's groin area. It was like when someone kicks a football. Not really hard but hard enough. Kevin just crumpled and Dan walked."

The trial continues.