Murder trial hears of blood-curdling scream
Karen Ingram, who lives near the scene in Braunstone, Leicester, where 16-year-old Bradley Whitfield was killed, gave evidence yesterday.
She told the court she was awoken by a teenage boy smashing a wooden stick against her fence and shouting: "Come on then *******, come on now."
Moments later, she heard the "blood-curdling scream".
She said: "I heard a huge scream. Someone was shouting for help, saying 'It's Bradley – he's been stabbed'."
Darren Carr (35) and Nicola Faulds (32), both of Braunstone, and a teenage boy and girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, all deny murdering Bradley outside the Roxy chip shop at about 5am. The jury at Nottingham Crown Court also heard how friends, Craig Palmer and Jamie Jordon, who both knew the victim, were in Gooding Avenue when they heard screams.
Mr Palmer told the court: "We started running down the road. As we got near, we saw three or four people running off.
"I saw Bradley on the floor outside the Roxy. He was not moving. His friends were in a bad way.
"Nathan (Griffin) was panicking and trying to call an ambulance. Jordan (Tighe) was running after them.
"Kyle (Ross) had his head down, leaning against the fence."
Gary Clarke, who lives nearby, said he saw a group of four people at the junction of Newcombe Road and Ardern Terrace at 5.19am.
A teenage girl was on the ground and an older woman was leaning over her, saying: "You have to get up. I can't ****** believe what we've done. I can't believe it."
Mark Wimperis, who lives in Caldecote Road, Braunstone, said a neighbour who he knew as "Daz" had come to see him soon after.
He said the man told him there had been a fight, someone had been badly injured and it had ruined his life.
The court had previously heard how Bradley died after he was repeatedly hit with a bottle and had his head kicked "like a football".
The youngster, a college student, of Hallam Crescent East, Braunstone, died from a 2.5in deep puncture wound in his neck, the court heard.
A blow sliced an artery and jugular vein, and penetrated the back of his throat.
The trial continues.
