Gene Gallagher, Sonny Starkey and Noah Ponte appeared in court (Picture:PA)

Liam Gallagher’s son, Ringo Starr’s grandson and a friend have been labelled ‘entitled’ by a judge after pleading not guilty to assault. 

Gene Gallagher, 20, son of Oasis star Liam, as well as Beatles’ drummer Ringo’s grandson Sonny Starkey, 21, and model Noah Ponte, 21, are accused of fighting in a Tesco Express storein Hampstead, North London in May 2019. 

The trio faced court this week, where all three pleaded not guilty to charges of affray and assault by beating, while Gallagher and Ponte are also accused of racially aggravated assault, with Ponte having a further charge of theft.

Judge Joanna Greenberg told the trio at Wood Green Crown Court that they were ‘entitled’, adding that they were ‘young men thinking they can get what they want by misbehaving.’

The altercation had occurred in a Tesco store in Hampstead, London, shortly before midnight on May 17, 2019, when shop staff tried to stop Ponte leaving with a £1.70 can of gin and tonic, which he was unable to buy as it was outside of the hours they were licensed to sell alcohol. 

The court heard that Ponte had paid for nuts of the same value, which he left in the shop, in an attempt to get around the licensing restriction, he told the court.

Noah Ponte had attempted to pay for nuts of an equivalent price to the can of G&T he took as it was past the cut-off time for alcohol to be sold (Picture: Central News)