[i][b]An unhinged Brooklyn man accused of punching seven women — including a 78-year-old — in brutal “knockout” attacks last year told cops he attacked six of them in “self-defense,” and hit another woman because she almost made him spill his Dunkin’ Donuts coffee, court papers revealed Wednesday.[/b] Barry Baldwin, 35, hit the women in seven separate attacks in Canarsie and Midwood between Nov. 7 and Dec. 27, court papers state. His Jan. 3 arrest came in the midst of a slew of possible “knockout game” attacks — in which innocent people are sucker-punched by thrill-seeking punks — including multiple attacks against Orthodox Jewish and Hasidic people in Brooklyn and a rash of attacks on Long Island. He was arraigned in a brief Brooklyn Supreme Court appearance Wednesday. “I hit a lady on the head in self-defense,” Baldwin wrote in a statement to police when asked about the Nov. 7 attack, according to court papers. The women he attacked were between the ages of 20 and 78, cops have said. Baldwin made similar written statements about self-defense when investigators asked about his attacks on Dec. 7, Dec. 24, and Dec. 26. [b]“I was passing by a lady using a phone and I hit her head in self-defense because of the way she looked,” Baldwin wrote of the Dec. 27 attack.[/b] Baldwin attacked a 33-year-old mom walking with her 7-year-old daughter on Elm Street near East 12th Street on Dec. 21 in Midwood, cops said. The surprised mom fell onto the child before crashing to the ground, cops said – and sufffered cuts and bruises to her head, hands and knees, according to Baldwin’s criminal complaint. He had a different take. “There was a Dunkin’ Donuts beverage in his hand and the woman almost bumped his coffee so he swatted, but didn’t attack her but that she had a kid with her,” Baldwin told investigators when asked about the Dec. 21 attack. “Defendant stated it wasn’t a whipping, but he was trying to protect his drink,” court papers say Baldwin said. “It was just a love tap.” The crazed attacker also punched a 78-year-old woman sitting on a bench in Canarsie Park on Christmas Eve and 15 minutes later attacked another elderly woman nearby at corner of East 93rd Street and Seaview Avenue, court ¬papers charge. [b]“I was passing by two ladies at the Canarsie Park but I hit them in self-defense because … I was feeling ill,” Baldwin said, according to court papers.[/b] Baldwin pleaded not guilty and walked out of court on a $13,500 bond.[/i]