He told the court he had seen O’Brien staring at him while he was filling his car and called him to come over, but the 33-year-old responded: “You come here.”
Cordina said O’Brien “barged” him and he acted in self-defence, saying: “He had his hands in his pockets, I don’t know what people carry on them these days.”
The former world champion said he would “pretty much” lose his boxing licence if he received a criminal conviction, and this “100 per cent” had an impact on his daily behaviour.
Cordina denied any wrongdoing throughout the trial.
