Dad ‘hit by Superman punch which killed him’

Mr Hussain, who then witnessed the defendant punching Mr Bell, continued: “I’ve been following Mixed Marital Arts (MMA) for 10 to 15 years and I’d consider that a ‘Superman’ punch because you put your whole body behind it.

“The man in the white shirt (Mr Bell) had no clue. That’s what they call in the streets a ‘sucker’ punch because the person who gets punched has no idea they’re about to get punched.”

Prosecutor Jonathan Sharpe asked him what happened to Mr Bell when he was punched.

Mr Hussain replied: “Straight to the ground. There was no step back, straight to the ground.

“I heard his head hit the pavement and there was a gasp in that noise.

“I can’t remember seeing any movement when he hit the ground.”

He said: “Personally, I thought to myself ‘they’ve killed him.’

Mr Hussain said he had been to many MMA matches, adding: “This was probably one of the worst I’ve seen. I personally thought he was dead straight away.”

He described an atmosphere of ‘bravado,’ Patrick looking down at Mr Bell on the ground in a ‘mocking’ way and the group continuing in ‘provocative’ behaviour even when Mr Bell was on the ground.

Mr Hussain was asked what happened to the group after that and he replied: “It dispersed. Some of them definitely came into McDonald’s.”

He said the ‘provocative’ behaviour continued inside McDonald’s.

Leeds Crown Court also heard yesterday how members of the public went to help Mr Bell until paramedics arrived, including one woman who held his hand as his pulse got weaker.

He died three days later in hospital.

The youth, who denies manslaughter, sits in the dock beside his father every day.

The trial continues.