Jodie Chesney murder accused 'said he had stabbed someone'
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Svenson Ong-a-Kwie is one of four people accused of murdering Jodie Chesney
A 17-year-old boy accused of murdering Jodie Chesney confessed to a co-defendant he had "just stabbed someone" after she was attacked, a court heard.
Svenson Ong-a-Kwie blamed the 17-year-old co-accused over the death of the student in a London park on 1 March.
Giving evidence, Mr Ong-a-Kwie said when he asked the youth why he had done it, the boy said: "I don't know."
Mr Ong-a-Kwie, 19, Manuel Petrovic, 20, the 17-year-old and another youth, aged 16, all deny murdering Jodie.
Jodie, 17, was with friends in Amy's Park in Harold Hill, east London on 1 March when she was stabbed in the back by one of two figures who then ran off.
Jodie was hanging out with friends when she was attacked in a park
Giving evidence at the Old Bailey, Mr Ong-a-Kwie said he called Mr Petrovic for a lift to Amy's Park to meet a customer.
He told jurors no-one was waiting for them at the park entrance so he decided to go into the play area with the 17-year-old co-accused.
Mr Ong-a-Kwie said they went straight to the play area where Jodie was sitting with friends, thinking they might be his customers.
"We walked up to the group. I did not see what happened," he said.
"I looked to my left, something caught my eye. I saw [the 17-year-old defendant] jump over the railings and fall on his face.
"I saw him running, so I started running."
Jodie was stabbed in the back while sitting on a bench in Amy's Park on 1 March
Mr Ong-a-Kwie told jurors it all happened in a matter of seconds and he did not see a weapon.
He said when the 17-year-old boy got back into Mr Petrovic's car, he said "go go go" and said he had "just stabbed someone".
Asked if there was time for him to stop it, he said: "It happened so quickly. There was no time at all."
After Mr Petrovic dropped them off, Mr Ong-a-Kwie said he talked to the boy again to find out what happened, but his responses were not clear.
He said: "I asked him what damage was done. He said 'I don't know'."
Mr Ong-a-Kwie also denied having a weapon in the park and said a knife found by police in his hostel room "was for cooking".
The trial continues.