Verdicts have been reached in the trial of four people accused of murdering a teenager who was killed with a Rambo-style knife while he played Fortnite.
Tristan Kerr, 17, had been playing video games with friends when he was fatally attacked at a house in the old mining village of Abertridwr, Caerphilly, on Thursday, February 5. Tristan managed to run out of the house with his friend Conah Davies, but told him: "I'm hurting. My side."
He said to his friend: "I love you bro, You're a goodun you are." Sobs could be heard from the public gallery as prosecutor Michael Jones KC read the words out.
Details of the Attack
Tristan collapsed two more times before Mr Davies ran back to the house to get a phone. When he returned he held Tristan in his lap, but the teenager stopped communicating.
The court heard during the trial that the whole incident played out in a matter of minutes, from the defendants being driven to the address to them leaving.
The Defendants
Ricardo Elliot, 26, whose address was given as HMP Parc, Elexi Manny, 24, of no fixed abode, Georgie Mears, 19, of Cavendish Close, Thornhill, Cardiff, and Connor Palfrey, 24, of Aberfawr Terrace, Abertridwr, have all pleaded not guilty to murder.
The court heard Mears was armed with a Rambo or hunting-style knife and that Palfrey had a wooden stick. The four defendants are then said to have fled to Hereford.
Trial Proceedings
The trial, which began on October 5, is taking place at Newport Crown Court. Verdicts have now been reached in the case.
