Cousins murdered man on Christmas Day, jury told
A man was murdered on Christmas Day after a confrontation in a Nottingham underpass, a court has heard.
Reece Connor, 29, died after being stabbed in the chest in Wollaton Road at 19:45 GMT on 25 December 2023.
Nottingham Crown Court heard he was killed in a brief struggle with cousins Keaton Adlam-Morgan, 24, and 18-year-old Kersharn Dockeray-Barnett.
The pair have denied murdering Mr Connor.
Jurors were told Mr Connor and Mr Dockeray-Barnett, riding an e-scooter, came face to face in the Crown Island underpass having entered from opposite ends.
John Lloyd-Jones, prosecuting, said: "They did not know each other but there seems to have been some form of disagreement."
Mr Lloyd-Jones said they parted company but Mr Connor returned to the area a short time later by which time Mr Dockeray-Barnett had summoned his cousin Mr Adlam-Morgan.
"There was a fight, " said Mr Lloyd-Jones. "And Reece Connor was fatally stabbed with a knife in the chest."
The jury were told the defendants then left the scene heading in different directions.
Mr Lloyd-Jones said paramedics were called to the area and found Mr Connor against a fence.
They treated him and then took him to the Queen's Medical Centre where he died despite further efforts to save him.
The court was told Mr Dockeray-Barnett, of Marchwood Close, Nottingham, called the co-accused after the underpass confrontation
The prosecutor said that prompted Mr Adlam-Morgan, who was at his cousin's nearby home, and run to join him.
He said Mr Adlam-Morgan, of Southwold Drive, Nottingham, made a series of Snapchat audio messages on his way to the scene of the stabbing including one which said: "I'm going to kill everyone."
Mr Lloyd-Jones said "At this important time, Dockeray-Barnett has, a few minutes earlier been involved in an incident with Reece Connor.
"Keaton Adlam-Morgan knows something has happened - the disagreement, that argument."
The court was told the defendants met up, saw Mr Connor and ran towards him.
"The incident was over in less than a minute," Mr Lloyd-Jones said.
"He [Mr Connor] was stabbed in the chest and a short while later he died."
Mr Lloyd-Jones read another audio message to the jury which he said was made by Mr Adlam-Morgan, shortly after the stabbing, which he said he had "had to smoke" a random guy who had attacked his cousin.
The trial continues.
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