An ambulance crew member has claimed he heard former boxing world champion Steve Collins tell a National Stadium bouncer “if you don’t know who I am, you will in a few minutes” before he allegedly punched him.
Alan Campbell said the doorman had asked several times to see Mr Collins’s VIP pass to the National Stadium when the former boxing star punched him in the face.
Mr Collins (44) of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England has pleaded not guilty to assaulting Albanian national, Mr Adrialik Voda when he was refused entry at the stadium on June 3rd, 2006.
Mr Campbell told prosecution counsel he heard “raised voices” at a nearby stadium emergency door where he had observed the accused exit moments before.
He said he heard Mr Collins ask the bouncer twice “Do you know who I am?”, before warning him: “If you don’t know who I am, you will in a few minutes.”
Mr Campbell agreed with Collins's defence counsel that he didn’t see the bouncer stop the accused or stamp his hand as he left the boxing stadium through the fire door moments before the incident, adding that he saw another person enter as the former boxer exited.
He said he didn’t see Mr Voda push the accused when he noticed the “commotion” at the door nor did he hear Mr Collins ask the bouncer not to push him.
Mr Campbell described the former boxer as “very calm” and “joking in the ambulance” when his colleague treated the wound on his hand moments after the alleged assault.
The trial continues at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.