Cousins murdered man on Christmas Day, jury told
Reece Connor died from a stab wound to the chest
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A man was murdered on Christmas Day after a confrontation in an underpass, a court has heard.
Reece Connor, 29, died after being stabbed in the chest in Wollaton Road, Nottingham, 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 heard the attack, in Wollaton Road, was over in less than a minute
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 that 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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