The jury trying two youths who blame each other for causing the death of Shawn Seesahai is expected to retire later this week.
Floral tributes left at the scene in at Stowlawn playing fields in Wolverhampton where Shawn Seesahai was stabbed
One of the defendants has admitted possessing the machete at the scene of the alleged murder near a bench on Wolverhampton’s Stowlawn playing fields, but told jurors his co-accused used the weapon to stab the victim.The co-accused told Nottingham Crown Court that his only involvement was pushing Mr Seesahai and that he was “nowhere near” as his friend killed the 19-year-old.
Making submissions on behalf of her client, she told jurors: “Common sense dictates that you must decide who caused the stab wounds.There were no witness accounts of her client shouting anything that would encourage the other boy to use the knife, Ms Brand told the court, adding: “There is no evidence at all to support the proposition that Shawn Seesahai was being punched and kicked and stomped on by both of these boys.
Urging jurors to acquit her client of murder and manslaughter, Ms Brand added: “Such a verdict would not be some sort of approval of what happened. “Did he ever give you a good reason for why he kept the machete? He knew that was a weapon that had been used to kill a man.
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