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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Cooper

Teenager escaped over fencing after 13-year-old’s murder, court told

The case is being heard at Wolverhampton Crown Court (PA) - (PA Archive)

A teenager accused of murdering a 13-year-old inflicted a six-inch deep stab wound, fled over fences and then caught a bus to a friend’s house to play video games, a jury has heard.

Wolverhampton Crown Court was told Jahziah Coke was found dead in the hallway of a house in Oldbury by paramedics responding to a 999 call on the afternoon of August 29 last year, having suffered a chest injury which “almost completely cut” one of his ribs.

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