Dad delivers brutal punches in the ‘Love Triangle’ street fight

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A father of one man threw a “brutal beating” of another man into a brutal street fight over an alleged love triangle.

Kevin Baker hit bloodied Adam Harvey five times in what Harvey claimed was “straight”.

A laughing man captured the horrific altercation in Birkenhead on camera before it was later shared online.

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Baker, 32, even kicked his victim in the head as he lay on the ground, despite his pleas to stop the violence.

His attorney said today that Mr. Harvey started the fight, because he mistakenly believed that Baker was having an affair with his girlfriend.

But a judge told Baker, “It’s hard to see how anyone can act in a way that is free to another human being, no matter how provocative.”

The Liverpool corona court heard that the 90-second clip was posted online on November 10 last year and showed a fight four days earlier.

Prosecutor Joshua Sanderson Kirk said: “In your honor I will be playing this video – I think it speaks for itself.”

In the clip, the man filming the fight can be heard laughing and saying, “Lounging over the sand.”

The fight began with Baker hitting Mr. Harvey with a punch, then repeatedly hitting him as he lay on the ground, while the man shouts, “He kicked his comrade, he’s out, no more.”

Keith Baker, 32, of Highfield Road, Rock Ferry, kicked his victim in the head (Photo: Liverpool Echo)

Despite this, Baker can be seen kicking Mr. Harvey in the body and head.

“It appears that the victim is unable to defend herself,” Mr Sanderson Kirk told the court.

The video continues, as Baker told Mr. Harvey: “Put your heads together and stop talking.”

The photographer could be heard saying “Keith was a short and sweet boy,” but Mr. Harvey got back on his feet, approached Becker and was punched on the ground again.

“Put it back,” says the narrator, but Mr. Harvey starts to get up and is kicked by Baker, who tells him to “explode”, but Mr. Harvey gets up again and approaches him.

A woman is seen running chasing her dog while the man filming the movie tries to dissuade Mr. Harvey, yelling: “Harvey, listen, he’s only dropped you twice.”

However, Baker punched him in the head twice and Mr. Harvey fell again, this time against a wall.

“You can see blood coming from the victim’s eyes,” said Mr. Sanderson Kirk.

Baker then returns and throws more punches as Mr. Harvey swings back, before Becker kneels in the head and kicks him after he falls to the ground.

The man filming the movie shouts “Hell boy, you have to fight, for your right, to celebrate!” Then he laughs when Mr. Harvey gets to his feet.

Keith Baker left his victim lying on the road sponsored by a witness. (Photo: Liverpool Echo)

chatter, then the narrator shouted: “He wants more, he wants the tenth round, Ding Ding!”

Mr Sanderson Kirk accepted that Mr. Harvey “continued to get close” to Baker, which he said was “softening up a bit”.

He added: “It is fair to also say that the victim is not on board the prosecution, hence the accusation of quarrel, but you have some serious and serious violence, repeated punches and kicks in the head as well.”

The court heard that the video was sent to Merseyside Police, who determined that the fight took place on the corner of Menai Street and Eastbourne Street.

Harvey declined to make a statement before Baker surrendered to police.

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He told the officers he was “not a bad person”, that the incident was “portrayed as something he’s not,” and while the clip was sent to him, he wasn’t the one who posted it online.

Mr. Sanderson Kirk said when showing the footage, Baker said “Jesus” and held his head in his hands.

Baker, of Highfield Road, Rock Ferry, admitted to the quarrel.

He has 24 previous convictions for 46 offenses, including battery, assault, causing actual bodily harm, and in 2009 a fight – his last violent crime.

Paul Davison, defending, agreed to hear the photographer pleading with Baker to stop.

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“There is no doubt of grave concern for Mr. Harvey, who was brutally beaten,” said Judge, Registrar Stan Rice, QC.

Mr. Davison said: “Mr. Harvey refused to make a statement. When questioned by the police, he said he was an upright individual and would not cooperate. What is not said here, is that Mr. Harvey sought the defendant.”

He said Baker was living at his cousin’s house with his 13-year-old son, who was present when Baker came looking for a fight.

“Mr. Harvey was in the misconception that the accused had an affair with Mr. Harvey’s partner,” said Mr. Davison.

He said Baker thought “problems are coming to his door, whatever happens” and wanted to talk to him on the street, not on the doorstep.

Keith Baker, 32, from Highfield Road, Rock Ferry (Photo: Liverpool Echo)

Urging the judge to spare him from prison, Mr Davison said delivery driver Baker was “clearly remorseful” and caring for his son, who lives with Baker, his mother and his mother’s partner.

He argued that there was a provocation and said that Baker returned to Mr. Harvey during the fight because he continued to stand on his own two feet.

“He knew Mr. Harvey was there for one reason and one reason only, which was to have a straightener,” said Mr. Davison.

He added, “As far as he was concerned, Mr. Harvey would go on, ‘He was going to attack me.'”

Recorder Reese said he would judge Baker on the grounds that Harvey “instigated that confrontation”.

But, he said, “I hit him brutally by repeatedly punching him in the face and head, even after he fell to the ground.”

The judge said Baker also kicked his victim and was “ignoring the pleas of those calling for an end to this gratuitous violence.”

He said the victim was bleeding, but there is no evidence to prove that he sustained serious physical injuries.

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Recorder Reese said: “I accept that there was a degree of provocation from Mr Harvey who instigated this incident.

“However, your reaction by hitting you over and over was disproportionate.”

Imprisoning him for 10 months, he told Baker: “The accident is shocking and your violent behavior is unforgivable.”

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