Overview
- Jurors heard two neighbors describe a group chase on Westerton Green in Stockton and a heavy blow with a large blade.
- One witness, Jaiden Davies, said men jumped fences, a cyclist with a dog yelled “go get him,” and she saw a “massive” object hit the man on the ground.
- Another witness, Anne Anderson, said she stepped outside a pub and saw one runner strike the person ahead with what looked like a machete as several others followed.
- Forensic pathologist Dr Jennifer Bolton told the court the victim suffered five sharp‑force wounds that led to heavy blood loss, multiorgan failure, and a brain injury before he died in hospital.
- Defendants Samuel Tweddle, 22, and Stephen Ward, 25, deny murder, Ward denies having a machete, and prosecutors allege four men joined the chase and three carried out the attack after the case against a third suspect was not continued.