Overview
- The court was read messages allegedly from Ryan Kennedy, known as 'Frost', threatening to have Danny Cahalane killed and to burn family homes in the weeks before the attack.
- Cahalane, 38, was doused with sulphuric acid at his Plymouth home on February 21, 2025, and died in hospital on May 3 that year.
- Ten defendants are on trial at Winchester Crown Court, with seven accused of murder or an alternative of manslaughter and all denying the charges.
- Evidence presented includes CCTV and witness accounts naming Kelvin Asante as the person who threw acid and detailing a stolen, re-plated Renault Arkana used to bring suspects from London.
- Jurors have also seen a hospital-bed video in which Cahalane described owing about £120,000 to 'Frost', admitted gambling away funds, and suggested his ex-partner Paris Wilson helped locate him.