Lloyds Bank worker Mya Marsh, aged 23, and her brother Isaiah Marsh, 21, stand trial at Birmingham Crown Court where they deny murdering Minister Enfrence
Minister Enfrence(Image: WMP)
A brother and sister murdered a man in the street in a ‘brutal’ attack in which the victim was stabbed more than 20 times, a court has heard.
Jurors were told Lloyds Bank worker Mya Marsh, aged 23, had arranged to meet Minister Enfrence, 21, near her home in Kings Norton on the morning of November 5 to buy cannabis from him before an altercation broke out.
They were shown CCTV footage of her ‘brandishing a kitchen knife’ before her brother Isaiah Marsh, 21, arrived and ‘grabbed Mr Enfrence in a headlock’.
The two men fell to the floor before moving out of camera shot for around a minute.
When they came back into view the jury was told they could see Isaiah ‘repeatedly stab’ Mr Enfrence after Mya had handed him a knife at some stage.
Both defendants, of Teviot Grove, Kings Norton, deny murder and manslaughter while Isaiah has also pleaded not guilty to possession of a bladed article.
A single bunch of flowers is left at the scene in Medway Grove, Kings Norton(Image: Nick Wilkinson/Birmingham Live)
Opening the case at Birmingham Crown Court this afternoon, Wednesday, April 23, prosecutor Jenny Josephs KC said: “On the morning of November 5 last year in a small residential housing estate in Kings Norton a man called Minister Enfrence was stabbed in the street.
“He was stabbed repeatedly. He received over 20 stab wounds all over his body and head and tragically died of his injuries shortly after, nearby.
“We, the prosecution, say that this was an attack carried out by the siblings, the defendants.
“They lived together in a family address in Teviot Grove, in Kings Norton and the incident took place just around the corner in Medway Grove.”
The court was told the siblings knew Mr Enfrence, also known as Mason, prior to the incident.
Ms Josephs said Mya became ‘irritated’ at the victim after two failed attempts to meet earlier that morning.
She told the court by the time she left her home for the third time, wearing a bonnet for her hair, long grey cardigan and ‘Pulp Fiction’ T-shirt, she had ‘armed herself with a kitchen knife’.
Ms Josephs said at one stage as Mya argued in the street with the victim, who had arrived on his bicycle, she grabbed the handlebars and shouted ‘you’re f****** going nowhere’.
The prosecutor told the court that Mr Enfrence appeared to be ’empty-handed’ and ‘non-aggressive’ throughout the confrontation.
Although she added he may have had a knife of his own on him but at no point did he have it in his hand.
Ms Josephs said it was clear from the footage that Mya was ‘aggressive in the street’ and waving her knife around.
Police at the scene in Medway Grove, Kings Norton(Image: Birmingham Live)
She said she called Isaiah who arrived on his own bicycle and ‘made the first move’ by grabbing Mr Enfrence, who was ‘peaceful, backing away, empty-handed’.
The prosecutor explained that the CCTV view of them was obscured as they moved behind an electrical substation.
Ms Josephs continued: “Then they were back in sight and the two men are on the floor.
“Then Isaiah can be seen to repeatedly stab Minister while Minister is lying on the ground.
“You can see Isaiah get up, stand over Minister and repeatedly stab him with a knife of some kind.
“Isaiah was supported in this attack by his sister Mya who we suggest can be seen to hand her brother Isaiah another knife while he is on top of Minister.”
Ms Josephs said the prosecution ‘don’t know’ why the initial argument started but she suggested it may have been because Mr Enfrence had kept Mya waiting that morning after she had arranged to buy cannabis from him.
She told the court after being fatally stabbed the victim staggered to a nearby house and called for help before collapsing on a grassy area where two women tended to him.
Police at the scene in Kings Norton
Emergency services arrived but Mr Enfrence died from his injuries.
Ms Josephs stated Isaiah returned home on his bike before catching an Uber to his father’s home on the other side of Birmingham.
She told the jury from there he caught another Uber to Heartlands Hospital to receive treatment for cuts to his hands, which he claimed he sustained by falling from his bike.
Ms Josephs said Mya remained at the scene of the attack for a little while as she appeared to look for something, before going to Lloyds Bank where she worked ‘as if nothing had happened’.
She later had a sleepover at a friend’s home in Aston ‘to avoid authorities’, the prosecutor added.
The court was told two knives as well as Mya’s clothes and Isaiah’s coat were found in a wheeled bin at their home.
Mr Enfrence’s phone was not recovered despite him using it prior to the attack.
Ms Josephs suggested the device ‘must have been taken away’.
She added: “This was, we say, an unprovoked, senseless and violent attack by the pair of them.”
The trial continues.