Kennie Carter told brother 'they've stabbed me in my heart bro' after being knifed in 'revenge' attack, murder trial hears

A teenage boy told his brother 'they’ve stabbed me in my heart bro' after being knifed in a 'revenge' attack, a murder trial heard. Kennie Carter, 16, died after being fatally stabbed in Stretford, Trafford.

Ten young men, aged between 15 and 19, are on trial at Manchester Crown Court. Jabriel Ferguson, 19, of School Walk, Old Trafford, and Rashaun Williams, 18, from Staffordshire, and eight youths under the age of 18, who cannot be named for legal reasons, have been charged with murder. They deny the charge.

Prosecutors allege Kennie died after the defendants sought to 'mete out some form of revenge' for an incident the day before. "This incident involved friends of Kennie Carter’s being in an altercation with people, the prosecution say, were associated with these defendants," prosecutor Jaime Hamilton KC said.

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"That incident led to a further altercation between the two sets of friends later on that same evening. The altercation involved one of the participants producing a weapon, some sort of bat or bar."

Mr Hamilton added: "And so it is that the prosecution say that the battle lines were drawn from this incident." He said that the defendants travelled to Stretford the next day.

Jurors heard that a 'large group' of about 15 people were seen at a block of flats at about 5pm on January 22, 2022. Mr Hamilton said: "They had their faces covered. Whilst there, this group stole some bikes that had been left at the flats. The witness heard them shouting, the group that took the bikes, 'this is revenge'."

He added: "Having taken the bikes, they did not simply make off from the area. In due course they were to abandon the bikes in Stretford. The