Teen accused of murder denies trying to 'throw' co-accused 'under the bus'
Ibrahima Seck(Image: MEN Media)A teenager accused of murder has denied trying to 'throw' his co-accused ‘under the bus’.Three boys are on trial accused of murdering 14-year-old Ibrahima Seck in New Moston last summer. Ibrahima, 14, died after being stabbed to the heart in New Moston as he was walking to play football with friends.His alleged murderer later filmed himself performing a ‘rap’ in which he said ‘we just done a murder’, Manchester Crown Court has heard. Boy A, 14, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denies murder, but has admitted manslaughter.Boy B, 17, and Boy C, 14, who also cannot be named, deny murder and manslaughter. 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. Boy A’s barrister Richard Littler put it to Boy B, that he had told jurors he had done a number of things that day, including having a shower after the alleged murder, because Boy A had told him to.“You are trying to throw [Boy A] under the bus,” Mr Littler put it to Boy B, who replied ‘no’. Jurors previously heard that on the day of the incident, June 8 last year, Boy A had asked Boy B to carry a knife because Boy A had a 'ban'.Naomi Heavens(Image: Manchester Evening News)Under cross-examination by prosecutor Jaime Hamilton KC, Boy B was asked: “Did he [Boy A] volunteer anything to you about what it was that this knife had been brought out?” “No,” the defendant replied.Jurors have been told that following a confrontation between the two groups, Ibrahima was chased by the three defendants before allegedly being stabbed by Boy A. Boy B said that Boy A had told him to ‘pass me the ting’ prior to the fatal stabbing.“Why did you give him the knife?,” Mr Hamilton asked Boy B. “Because it’s his knife,” the defendant replied.Boy B said he saw Boy A ‘swinging his arms’, and maintained he only thought he was ‘punching’ Ibrahima. Mr Hamilton put it to Boy B that he’d told a ‘story’ to the court, about ‘how it is all [Boy A’s] fault’, which the defendant denied.Keri Dobson(Image: Manchester Evening News)Boy A, Boy B and Boy C all deny murder. Boy B and Boy C also deny 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.
