Jury shown clip of knife fight at old bus station

Murder trial jurors have been shown footage of a knife fight at an old bus station between a 16-year-old boy and a man a decade older.

Daniel Ceidi, 27, died after the incident near The Galleria shopping centre in Hatfield, Hertfordshire at lunchtime on Sunday, 23 March.

The youth, now 17, denies murdering Mr Ceidi, saying he acted in self-defence and did not mean to cause serious harm.

A jury at St Albans Crown Court watched a few seconds of dashcam footage caught by a passing pizza delivery driver.

Prosecuting barrister Neil Moore told jurors the clip showed the youth, who lives in central Hatfield, was taller and had the "upper hand".

"He takes a forehand slash and then he does a backhand one," Mr Moore told the trial on Thursday.

Jurors have been told Mr Ceidi suffered a stab wound in an arm and a fatal wound about 14.5cm (5.7in) deep in the back, and died near the scene.

They heard the knife he was armed with was found at the scene.

Mr Moore said the teenager, who suffered a "significant wound" to his right hand, had cycled off and taken the knife he used with him, which has not been found.

Jurors were told they would hear from witnesses and visit the scene of the incident.

One man had called 999 while the fight was going on, Mr Moore explained.

"Hi, there's a knife fight going on," the man had told an operator.

"I would get there quick because they are quite violent."

The man told the operator that both combatants had blades and that one looked like a "big kitchen knife".

The court heard there was evidence the teenager held a "grudge" against Mr Ceidi.

Mr Moore suggested Mr Ceidi had picked up a knife from his parents' kitchen because he was "afraid" of the youth and worried about an encounter.

He said the teenager had made "precisely the same journey" to the old bus station as Mr Ceidi but had started about three minutes behind him.

Two witnesses heard Mr Ceidi say, "why are you following me?" prior to the fight breaking out, Mr Moore told jurors.

The trial continues.

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