Three teenage boys are on trial accused of murdering Ibrahima Seck
Ibrahima Seck(Image: Family Handout/PA)
A teenager accused of stabbing a 14-year-old boy to death in the street ‘boasted’ about the alleged killing in a rap video, a murder trial heard.
Ibrahima Seck, 14, died after being stabbed to the heart in New Moston as he was walking to play football with friends. His alleged murderer filmed himself performing a ‘rap’ in which he said ‘we just done a murder’, Manchester Crown Court heard.
Boy A, 14, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denies murder and manslaughter. Boy B, 17, and Boy C, 14, who also cannot be named, deny the same charges.
Two women are also on trial, accused of helping Boy A and Boy B leave the area and giving them a change of clothing. Naomi Heavens, 39, and Keri Dobson, 37, deny assisting an offender.
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Opening the case for the prosecution, Jaime Hamilton KC told jurors that Ibrahima died on June 8 this year after suffering a ‘single blow’ to the chest.
He said: “In the street, after a brief, altercation, [Boy B] handed [Boy A] a knife that caused a wound which penetrated Ibrahima’s heart. After being handed the knife, all three of these defendants chased Ibrahima.
“Tragically Ibrahima slipped to the floor and [Boy A] killed him, assisted and encouraged by the others.”
The prosecutor said that Ibrahima, who was with other boys, had been on his way to play football when he encountered the three defendants, at about 5pm that day. Mr Hamilton claimed that the defendants had been ‘part of a group that had been threatening Ibrahima, his family and his friendship group’.
He told the jury that the incident began with a fight involving Boy A and a friend of Ibrahima on Nuthurst Road. The friend was said to have thrown the first punch.
Mr Hamilton said that footage showed that the fight ended and the two groups began to separate. He claimed that Boy B gave Boy A a knife, after Boy A allegedly said ‘gimme the ting’. Ibrahima was chased and after he slipped, Boy A was ‘on him’ in a ‘matter of seconds’, Mr Hamilton said.
Boy B and Boy C also ran up to Ibrahima, jurors were told. Mr Hamilton claimed that the pair ‘shared a common intent’ with Boy A and ‘encouraged him in that fatal act’. After leaving the area and going to a house, Boy A ‘improvised’ a rap in the aftermath of the alleged killing in which ‘boasted’ about it, prosecutors allege.
A video played to the jury showed a boy, said to be Boy A, say ‘we just done a murder’ in time with music playing in the background. He turned the camera to show Boy B was also present, jurors were told.
Boy A, Boy B and Boy C all deny murder and manslaughter. Naomi Heavens, of Kenyon Lane, Moston, and Keri Dobson, of Milne Close, Gorton, are both accused of assisting an offender. They deny the charge.
Proceeding.