A child witness also claimed Shawn Seesahai was attacked after a dispute over sitting on a park bench.
One of two 12-year-old boys accused of murdering a man with a machete had blood on his hand after the stabbing, a child witness has told a court.
The Crown alleges Mr Seesahai, originally from Anguilla in the Caribbean but living in Birmingham, was attacked by the boys acting together, after one of them “shoulder-brushed” him and told the victim and his friend to “keep stepping”. The witness said in her evidence that she had then picked up the machete, which was still in its cover, herself.
She said of the machete: “It was thin, and then it went into thick and obviously had a point at the end.“He said something to do with that he got it so… anyone like ever attacked him, he can use that to defend himself.” Asked to explain why she had said one of the things she had told police which were not true, the witness answered: “I was scared – I was scared for us all.The girl said she could remember picking up one of the deceased’s trainers, which was found on a nearby road, and that one of the defendants appeared “calm” after the fatal attack, while the other was “shell-shocked”.
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