Overview
- The 17-year-old defendant told the court the group moved on Stephen Law and Anthony Dickons after learning a bag meant to hold about £20,000 for drugs was stuffed with toilet paper.
- Under cross-examination, the teen said he acted with the others during the confrontation and admitted throwing weapons from the car after they fled, while insisting he did not intend really serious harm.
- Prosecutors say CCTV shows a Chevrolet trapping the victims’ VW Passat before men with hoods up smashed windows, a voice shouted “where’s the f****** gear,” and weapons including a machete and a BB gun were used.
- The assault, carried out on November 6 last year, left Anthony Dickons with deep leg wounds; he died in hospital days later after his heart stopped and he suffered brain damage, while Stephen Law survived.
- The Crown says Daniel Simpson and Morgan Caldwell later traveled through Scotland to Northern Ireland before arrest, and alleges Caldwell shifted £53,000 between bank accounts while on the run, which the defense contests as the men all deny murder and wounding.