Police received an anonymous phone call informing them of Ayoade's address.
Officers discovered cannabis at his home in Plaistow and he pleaded guilty to possession of a class C drug on November 21.
Ms Batra said: 'He said he admitted to doing it, it was a misunderstanding on his part. He had had too much to drink and smoke that day.'
'He said he was going about his business and was intimidated by her look, she looked like she wanted a fight. She looked about 19 or 20. He did not approve of the way she looked so he went back and punched her....He said "Nah, that hurt, I canÂ’t go further in my day taking an insult from a little person like that".'
'He thought to himself “No, no I am not taking this”,' the lawyer said.
'He never spoke to her, just punched her.'
Marianna Christou, defending, said that Ayoade had come to the UK from Nigeria when he was just three years old, and had to fend from himself from young age. He was said to have no contact with his family.
Ms Christou said: 'He has drunk since he was 16 and smokes up to 10 joints a day which in my submission is excessive and perhaps this causes some degree of paranoia and low self esteem.'
Ayoade was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Inner London Crown Court on a date to be fixed.
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