Liam Gallagher's son and Ringo Starr's grandson in court over Tesco affray charge

Gene Gallagher and Sonny Starkey have pleaded not guilty to criminal charges over an alleged altercation in Hampstead

The son of Liam Gallagher and the grandson of Ringo Starr have appeared in court to deny criminal charges over an alleged late-night altercation with staff in the branch of Tesco Express in Hampstead, London, last May.

Gene Appleton Gallagher and Sonny Starkey, both 18, and a third defendant, Noah Ponte, 19, pleaded not guilty to affray, to using or threatening “unlawful violence towards another” and conducting themselves in a manner that would “cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety”.

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