THE prosecution in the Boxing Day murder trial has accused the defendant of blaming an alleged murder victim for the incident that led to his death.

Monday, 15 July 2024 20:59

By Megi Rychlikova

Prosecution barrister David Brooke KC accused Taylor Fenwick, 22, of “concocting” a story about Luke Miller, 23, trying to break into Fenwick’s flat in the minutes before he died.

He claimed Fenwick took a hunting knife and a kitchen knife out of his flat to attack Mr Miller and stabbed him to death with the first one.

Fenwick denied all the allegations and said: “It sounds more like a Hollywood film to take two knives out and attack someone. I can’t see the logic in that.”

He also denied evidence from a prosecution witness who alleged she saw Fenwick take the hunting knife out of a drawer and tell her to “stay, don’t f…. move from here” before leaving the flat.

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