Mehran Heydari was “defenceless” and “unarmed” when he was stabbed a number of occasions by a youngster in a jealous rage over a woman, a court docket has heard.
Mehran, 26, was a brief distance from his flat in The Avenue, near West Ealing station, when he started to be chased by then 19-year-old Ismail Yusuf in the early hours of November 24, 2019.
The sufferer slipped in the street earlier than being stabbed not less than 3 times as he “writhed on the bottom in a hopeless try to guard himself”.
Despite the efforts of paramedics, he was pronounced useless on the scene at 2.14am.
Yusuf, now 20, has admitted manslaughter, however denies homicide. He can be charged possession of a knife.
Michelle Nelson QC, prosecuting, opened the homicide trial at Croydon Crown Court on Tuesday (April 13).
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She described how one of many stab wounds penetrated 12 centimetres into Mehran’s chest and ruptured the left ventricle of his coronary heart.
The motivation for the assault, she added, was jealousy over a woman the pair each had relations with, jurors have been advised.
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The prosecutor advised the court docket: “Mehran arrived on The Avenue that Sunday morning at about 1.07am. Two minutes later, at 1.09am, he had been stabbed. He was unarmed.
“The defendant chased the deceased, who slipped twice and fell in the street. He was defenceless. The defendant stood over him, CCTV and witnesses recommend. As Mehran lay in the street, the defendant thrust the knife into him on three or presumably 4 events. He hopelessly writhed on the bottom in a hopeless try to guard himself.
“The assault was motivated by anger and lack of mood fuelled by jealous and revenge.
“She and the defendant have been in a relationship and residing collectively in W5. It is just not very removed from the place the deceased was residing in West Ealing. They had a considerably unstable relationship and she or he turned to Mehran for his friendship and help.
“The proof exhibits his curiosity went past that. They might have had a extra intimate relationship. He advised a good friend he was sleeping along with her, however they weren’t going out.”
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Yusuf denies homicide on the defence of lack of management “owing to Mehran’s behvaiour”.
The trial continues on Wednesday (April 14).