An adolescent “died” for 50 minutes after being subjected to a “brutal and terrible” knife assault, the Old Bailey has heard.
James Bascoe-Smith cried out “call my mum, call my mum” when he was focused by masked males armed with a “terrifying” assortment of blades together with a Zombie-style machete.
Then 16, he was “in the wrong place at the wrong time” when the gang launched a “very determined and concerted” assault in Brixton, south London, on 23 February final yr, jurors heard on Tuesday.
Prosecutor Edward Brown QC mentioned two stolen automobiles arrived in Henry Road, Brixton, round 6pm on the night time of the assault.
A black Range Rover intentionally drove in direction of James, struck him and knocked him off a bicycle belonging to his mom.
He had been testing out the bicycle to ensure it was protected, the jury heard.
“Occupants of that stolen Range Rover and the occupants of a second car, a VW Passat, got out and he was attacked, in particular by three males, each using a potentially lethal weapon… before they then sped off in the same cars,” Mr Brown mentioned.
Meanwhile, James’ mom had been ready at her door while her son took the bike for a test-cycle.
Within moments, she acquired a Facetime name from his cell phone as he lay on the bottom, the court docket heard.
Paramedics arrived round 6.22pm to search out he had been stabbed within the left arm, stomach and proper thigh.
They desperately fought to convey him again to life after his coronary heart stopped on the scene.
A fight knife and Rambo-style blade have been among the many arsenal of weapons recovered by police.
“In effect, James Bascoe-Smith had ‘died’ at the scene and was only brought back to life by the immediate and significant efforts of the treating medical professionals,” Mr Brown added.
His mind suffered an absence of blood and oxygen for 50 minutes – resulting in “profound and life-changing” accidents.
Tragically the bodily and neurological injury was “very significant and remains so,” the prosecutor instructed the court docket.
The gang “very nearly succeeded” in killing {the teenager}, he mentioned.
Defendants Taiquane Lewis and Patrick Fox-Pinto, each 18, and Leon Rashid, 20, all deny being accused of conspiracy to homicide.
Rashid and Fox-Pinto are additional charged with having an offensive weapon.
A fourth defendant, Stephanie Paez-Lopez, 20, denies helping an offender by serving to to get rid of the Range Rover.
The trial continues.
Source: information.sky.com”