Teens 'fuelled by drink and rage' left dad to die, court told

Kamran Rasool Aman died from a stab wound to the heart, the court was told

Two teenagers "fuelled by drink and rage" stabbed a 38-year-old father to death in an unprovoked attack, a court has heard.

Kamran Rasool Aman was knifed in the heart just after midnight on 1 July in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan.

He was getting into his car after visiting his mother's house, when he was attacked and left to bleed to death on the pavement.

The two defendants, aged 16 and 17, both from Llantwit Major, cannot be named because of their age. Both have admitted manslaughter, but deny murder.

Owen Edwards KC, prosecuting, told Cardiff Crown Court that Mr Aman was attacked "for no good reason, by two young men fuelled by drink and rage".

He said the defendants had spent the evening in a house nearby, and had been drinking heavily from early in the day.

A witness at the house said their behaviour had become "increasingly volatile" as the night went on, with one of the teenagers being described as "intent on violence".

The court heard the boys were in the house when they spotted Mr Aman, further along the street, getting into his Volkswagen Passat, having just delivered shopping to his mother.

On footage from the doorbell camera, the victim can be seen locking the front door and walking back to his car, before the intial attack, in which the 16-year-old allegedly punched Mr Aman.

The 17-year-old then went back into the house where the pair had been drinking earlier, returning less than a minute later with a kitchen knife.

He subsequently stabbed Mr Aman through his clothes, penetrating his heart, the court heard.

The 16-year-old was reported to have said: "See what we just done."

Mr Aman was heard by a neighbour to say, "I think I've been stabbed."

'Dying on the pavement'

Mr Edwards KC said the boys appeared "proud" of their actions.

He said they shouted a racist insult at Mr Aman as he lay fatally wounded, and dying, on the pavement.

Mr Edwards said Mr Aman did not know the boys: "He was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time".

Following the attack the teenagers went back to the house where they tried to bleach the knife, before running off, the court heard.

Police arrived soon after, and the two boys were arrested in nearby Port Road.

The court was told the younger boy, clearly drunk, tried to take charge, shouting instructions.

"He was initially pleased to see the police, initially co-operating," said Mr Edwards KC, "until he was arrested for attempted murder - when rage boiled over, caught on body-worn camera".

The jury was shown video clips taken from doorbell cameras, alongside CCTV and footage filmed by witnesses, showing Mr Aman leaving his mother's house before coming into contact with the two boys.

In the footage, racial slurs can repeatedly be heard being used in reference to Mr Aman.

Doorbell footage captured the moment Mr Aman collapsed onto the pavement, with residents trying to help him. The court heard they tried to stop the bleeding under instruction from 999 call-handlers.

A neighbour can be heard saying she couldn't feel a pulse.

In later footage, from a police bodycam, the 16 year old is seen being taken into custody, screaming as he is walked to a holding cell.

As he passes the older boy, he says "That's my boy."

As he goes into the cell, which has a clear perspex screen, he is seen shouting, before headbutting the screen.

Both of the defendants put their heads down as the footage was shown to the court.

The court was told after the teenagers were arrested, they both gave prepared statements to the police.

The 17-year-old said Mr Aman had unexpectedly rushed at his friend and the two had fought. He said he was scared for his friend, but he was also frightened.

He denied stabbing Mr Aman saying he had "no idea" what weapon caused the injury, adding "It will not be linked to me."

In his statement, the 16-year-old said he had played no part in the murder. He did not see his friend with a knife and he was unaware that Mr Aman was injured.

"If I had been aware of a serious injury I would have stayed and helped," he wrote.

Prosecuting, Mr Edwards KC told the jury forensic examination showed that blood found on one of the 16-year-old's trainers matched the DNA of Mr Aman with a probability of one in a billion.

Mr Edwards KC said: "An expert will suggest that this finding is consistent with him stepping in a source of Mr Aman's wet blood."

Both teenagers admit manslaughter but they both deny murder.

The trial continues.