Teenager seen on CCTV with McDonald's after boys killed

Mason Rist (L) and Max Dixon (R) were killed in a case of mistaken identity, linked to a long-running postcode rivalry

A 16-year-old boy picked up takeaway food just hours after allegedly being involved in a murderous attack on two teenagers, a jury was told.

The teenager, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was captured on CCTV returning to a property in the Hartcliffe area of Bristol carrying a McDonald’s meal.

It is alleged he purchased the food six hours after being involved in the fatal assault on Mason Rist and Max Dixon shortly after 23:00 GMT on January 27 this year in Knowle West.

The prosecution said the 16-year-old was involved with Antony Snook, 45; Riley Tolliver, 18; and two boys aged 17 and 15, in murdering the two boys.

Snook is alleged to have driven the four teenagers to Ilminster Avenue in an Audi Q2 car where Mason, 15, and Max, 16, were attacked.

Bristol Crown Court heard how the boys, who were good friends, were then set upon by the teenagers armed with weapons.

They had been wrongly identified as being responsible for bricks being thrown at a house in the Hartcliffe area of Bristol earlier that evening, the jury of nine men and three women has been told.

Mr Tully said three people had targeted a home in Hartcliffe on the night of the attack

Mason and Max sustained fatal stab injuries and both died in hospital later.

The five defendants were each charged with two counts of murder.

The 15-year-old boy has admitted murdering Mason but denies murdering Max.

The 17-year-old boy has admitted manslaughter relating to Max but denies murdering him and Mason.

Snook is alleged to have driven the Audi Q2, while Tolliver and the three teenage boys are said to have been passengers, the jury previously heard.

On Tuesday, Ray Tully KC, prosecuting, took the jury through multiple CCTV clips showing the movements of some of the defendants in the hours after the attack.

CCTV footage captured Max and Mason smiling as they left the home together, just seconds before they were set upon by their attackers

Mr Tully previously told how the property in the Hartcliffe area – which he said had a “rivalry” with the Knowle West area – was targeted at about 22:00 GMT on January 27.

CCTV footage showed people outside the house holding machetes and throwing bricks at the windows. A woman was left injured in the incident.

An hour later, Snook, Tolliver and the three teenage boys allegedly left the Hartcliffe area in Snook’s car armed with “fearsome weapons” and “hell-bent on revenge”, Mr Tully said.

They drove past Mason and Max, who had just left Mason’s home, and wrongly believed they had spotted those responsible for the attack.

Mr Tully previously told the jury: “They were entirely wrong about that. Max and Mason had absolutely nothing to do with any earlier incident and no connection whatsoever with those events.”

The trial continues.