part of a gang which put a man in hospital for two days.

But the woman said in Magistrates' Court on Friday that she could not recall seeing Haile Outerbridge, of Happy Valley Road, hit the complainent, Kervin Bean, during the attack.

Outerbridge denies unlawfully assaulting and causing grievous bodily harm to Mr. Bean, and possessing an offensive weapon -- a crash helmet -- in a public place on November 30 last year.

Denise Evans, of Curving Avenue, Pembroke -- brought to Magistrates' Court on arrest warrant -- said she refused to attend court earlier because she had "nothing to say''.

And Crown Counsel Larry Mussenden was forced to treat Ms Evans as a hostile witness after repeated claims that she did not recall the incident or her later Police statement.

Ms Evans reportedly told Police she heard Outerbridge shouting "kill him'' and saw the 19-year-old kick Mr. Bean on Angle Street, Pembroke.

But yesterday, she said could not recall the date of the attack, or details of Outerbridge's role in it.

However, Ms Evans did admit seeing "a lot of people'' attack Mr. Bean after he fell down near the Angle Street Youth Centre.

The youths -- armed with sticks, baseball bats, and pipes -- then kicked Mr.

Bean repeatedly while he was on the ground.

"When I saw that nobody else was going to do anything, I went over to Kervin,'' she told Mr. Mussenden. "He was breathing in his own blood.'' Ms. Evans said she told the gang to leave the victim alone and then asked a man with a cellular telephone and a nearby neighbour to call an ambulance.

"I just held him in my arms until the ambulance and Police came,'' she said.

Outerbridge refused to testify or call witnesses in his defence.

Magistrate Edward King will pass judgment next Friday.