11/9/2022
Ian Kirwan, aged 53, died after being stabbed in the heart during a ‘scuffle’ at the store in Jinnah Road, Redditch on March 8 this year, jurors heard.
They all deny charges of murder, manslaughter and violent disorder.
The jury was told one of the defendants, aged 14, accepts inflicting the fatal blow to Mr Kirwan, a software engineer who worked for Jaguar Land Rover, and claims the defence of diminished responsibility.Â
The prosecutor told the court there is ‘no dispute’ that the principal defendant, aged 14, was the person who stabbed Mr Kirwan.
He added: ‘However it is the prosecution case that at the time Ian Kirwan was stabbed with the knife all five young boys were acting together as a group in assisting or encouraging (the 14-year-old), and that they all intended that Mr Kirwan should be caused at least really serious harm with the knife that was used. Therefore the prosecution say in law all five boys were jointly responsible for Mr Kirwan’s death.’
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