Murder accused tells trial he was carrying knives

A teenager accused of murdering a 16-year-old told his trial he was carrying two knives on the day the boy was attacked, but denied using them to deliver the fatal wound.

Baye Bireme Fall, known as BB, died from a single stab wound after a confrontation near the Ortongate Shopping Centre in Peterborough on 12 April.

Emidas Krutkevicius, 18, from Garton End Road in the city, and a 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named because of his age, deny murder.

Speaking at Peterborough Crown Court, Krutkevicius said earlier that day he had followed BB into an alleyway where he expected a fight to break out.

He claimed he was in the process of taking his coat off, because "I'm not going to have a fight with my coat on", when BB removed a sword from his jacket.

Asked by his barrister Lisa Wilding KC to describe his next move, he said he "backed away" from BB and crossed his arms in front of his chest.

"What did you do to defend yourself?" asked Wilding.

"I pulled out my flick knife," the defendant replied.

Krutkevicius said he "took a slash" at BB using the blade after he turned away from him.

He said he had also been carrying a kitchen knife, which he did not remove during the incident.

Wilding showed the court an orange machete which a witness said they had seen him carrying that day.

Krutkevicius said the blade did not belong to him and that he had not possessed it that day, but that he had used it to cut up marijuana in the past.

His barrister also showed the court a pair of black Nike trousers her client had been wearing that day.

She poked her gloved finger through a hole in the trouser leg, which Krutkevicius said he believed had been caused by BB during their altercation.

Asked if he stabbed BB that day, Krutkevicius responded to say: "No."

Later, he said BB could have been injured "when I took the slash at him".

Prosecutor Kate Wilkinson KC had previously told the court Baye was also carrying a weapon, but explained it was never "seen out of its protective sheath" and there was no scientific evidence it had been used to harm anyone.

The trial continues.

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