The High Court at Dunedin is hearing how the fight between two teenagers unfolded in May last year, and whether the injuries were self-defence. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon
"He got stabbed" - that's what shocked witnesses can be heard saying, on a phone video of the short, frenzied fight that resulted in a 13-year-old fatally stabbing a Dunedin student.
The footage was played in Dunedin, during the High Court murder trial of the now 14-year-old, who has pleaded not guilty and said it was in self-defence.
He has name suppression.
After the fight, in May last year, 16-year-old Enere Taana-McLaren was rushed to hospital after he received a 10-12 centimetre wound to his abdomen. He died later that day.
The jury was shown the CCTV footage of the defendant getting off the bus to 60 seconds later, when security intervened and Taana-McLaren backed away, clutching his side.
Only moments before, Taana-McLaren could be seen walking towards the defendant and the pair could be seen yelling and squaring off on the footpath.
Then footage showed the defendant appeared to lunge and start running to pursue the older teenager who backed away onto the road, before Taana-McLaren kicked him in the head.
On the road, the footage showed the defendant swinging his arm, knife in hand, before they grappled together with a person in high vis trying to separate them and more people coming over to intervene.
At one point, both fell onto the ground and the bus security tried to pull Taana-McLaren away, but they both got back up and soon after, the defendant was being pulled off Taana-McLaren.
In a phone clip, witnesses at the bus hub can be heard saying "oh shit" and "he got stabbed" as they watched on.
People can be seen gathering around Taana-McLaren who walked towards the footpath and laid down on it.
Enere Taana-McLaren was 16 when he died. Photo: Facebook screenshot
Two girls were seen confronting the defendant while he yelled at them, in footage from a nearby shop, before police detained him.
Earlier, bus footage showed the defendant getting off the bus wearing a white ski mask and sideways cap.
The Crown questioned the senior constable who compiled the footage from CCTV and bus cameras on Wednesday and Thursday.
The trial is expected to run for three-and-a-half weeks.
