A two-time convicted drug dealer claims he beat a teenager to death "because he pulled a knife out on me".
Keiron Williams is one of nine defendants currently on trial accused of murdering Michael Toohey at an internet café in Liverpool city centre in the early evening of April 16 this year. The 18-year-old died after allegedly being chased into Mobiles Junction and Internet Café on Monument Place, off London Road, and battered by a gang who were "called in" by a 14-year-old boy.
A jury previously heard that the deceased had been pressured into selling drugs by a man referred to as "Gerry", with the incident coming against the background of a "war" between rival dealers. Williams was the first of the eight men and one youth in the dock to be called to give evidence today, Friday.
