A teenager has admitted stabbing two men in Liverpool city centre.
Ibrahim Sarjo today pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful wounding and possession of a bladed article in a public place in connection with the incident on Queen Square on the evening of Friday, June 17. Emergency services rushed to the scene shortly after 7.30pm after receiving reports of a double stabbing, which allegedly came after a fight involving three men had broken out outside Yates bar.
Eyewitnesses claimed to have seen two men collapsed on the floor in the aftermath, having been stabbed in the chest and stomach. Liverpool Crown Court heard this morning, Thursday, that Sarjo was "subjected to racial abuse and pursued" before knifing the pair - who were named as Raymond Watkins and Anthony Sweeney.
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The 18-year-old defendant, who has no previous convictions, was supported by members of his family in the public gallery. The teen, of Elaine Street in Toxteth, will return to the same court for sentencing on October 14 and has been released on conditional bail until that date.
Adjourning the case, Judge David Swinnerton said: "Nobody should be racially abused in the way you were. You were both racially abused and pursued.
"Equally, nobody should be carrying a knife in the street and nobody should be using a knife to stab people in the street. I accept there are mitigating circumstances, but it is a serious offence.
"All options are possible, including prison. It is always a serious offence if someone uses a knife in the street, albeit the circumstances in which you came to use it are clear and the court will sentence accordingly."
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