The boy on trial for stabbing a 12-year-old woman to loss of life at a Christmas market mentioned he pulled a knife on her as a result of he was scared she was going to leap him.
The 14-year-old, who can't be named for authorized causes, informed Liverpool Crown Courtroom ‘I promise, I didn’t imply to hit her’ as he gave proof over videolink on Thursday.
The jury has been informed he claims he stabbed Ava in self-defence after an altercation in Liverpool metropolis centre on the night of November 25 final yr.
The incident allegedly occurred after the schoolgirl demanded he delete a Snapchat video he had taken of her and her mates ‘messing round’.
The courtroom was beforehand performeda 20-send clip exhibiting Ava working in the direction of the boy, earlier than getting stabbed within the neck.
Prosecutor Charlotte Newell QC informed the courtroom Ava didn't ‘inflict any violence upon him higher than a push, nor did she produce or have any weapon.’
However the boy’s response was ‘to thrust a knife into the neck of this unarmed little one with what a pathologist decided was reasonable drive — the drive of a agency punch’.
Now, the defendant has mentioned this was the purpose he thought he was going to get ‘jumped’.
The boy claims he heard one of many children in Ava’s group say: ‘Delete the f***ing video now or I’m going to stab you’.
He additionally insists Ava informed the group: ‘Lets simply leap him now trigger I really feel prefer it’.
The defendant, who can't be named as a minor, informed the courtroom: ‘I believe Ava mentioned my title. I seemed after which she was coming in the direction of me and he or she was like “delete the f***ing video now, lad” and I used to be like “get out of my face”.
‘She grabbed me there and I've ran backwards and I believe I bought my knife out then and saved on working backwards.
‘I used to be simply attempting to get her away as a result of I used to be scared.’
He mentioned he had wished to ‘frighten her away’ and didn't intend to trigger any damage.
He informed the courtroom he thought Ava was a boy and he didn't know if she was ‘in possession of a weapon’.
After the stabbing, the defendant ran away from the scene and dumped his telephone, coat and knife.
He then took a cheerful-looking selfie along with his mates – after they went to a store to purchase butter for crumpets.
Requested what temper he was in at the moment, the teenager mentioned: ‘In an alright temper at the moment as a result of I didn’t actually know what had occurred.’
He insisted that he had run away from Ava’s physique as a result of he was nonetheless scared and had not realised he had harm her.
The boy claims he left his coat in a backyard, not within the wheelie bin the place it was discovered by police, as a result of he was terrified of being recognized.
Requested why he removed his telephone, he mentioned: ‘As a result of they at all times take my telephone. I've had just a few telephones took once I was within the police station.’
‘I used to be scared I used to be going to go to jail,’ he added.
The boy initially tried to inform police his pal had stabbed Ava. However he later informed his authorized workforce the place he had left the knife that was used.
He defined why he finally got here clear about this: ‘As a result of I’m telling the reality and I didn’t imply to do it.’
When his personal lawyer requested him whether or not he meant to stab Ava, he mentioned: ‘No, I promise you.’
The boy went on to inform the prosecution he was carrying a knife within the first place as a result of ‘he thought he was huge’.
The teenager was requested why he didn't clarify that he was scared and easily defending himself within the authentic police interview, and he asnwered: ‘As a result of I used to be 14, I didn’t know the distinction between stuff and I used to be simply scared to be sincere.’
He denies homicide and another cost of manslaughter.
The trial continues.
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