THIS is the terrifying moment two “innocent” schoolboys are “hunted down and stabbed to death” in a case of mistaken identity.
Mason Rist, 15, and his close pal Max Dixon, 16, were attacked with “fearsome weapons” in Bristol shortly after 11pm on January 27.
CCTV captured the 33-second attack in which Mason and Max were “wrongly targeted” as part of a “revenge” plot, a court has heard.
The footage shows Anthony Snook, 45, pulling up in his Audi as the victims leave Mason’s home.
Four teenage youths are then seen jumping out of the vehicle as Max and Mason attempt to flee.
The teens then brandish what “fearsome weapons”, before the two boys both suffered “unsurvivable” stab wounds.
CCTV then shows the group speeding off from the scene as the Max and Mason are left lying on the street.
The two friends were subsequently rushed to hospital, but died of their injuries a short time later.
Snook, 45, Riley Tolliver, 18, and three teenagers aged 15, 16 and 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons, all deny two counts of murder.
Ray Tully KC, prosecuting, has told the court they had been killed in a case of “mistaken identity”.
Mr Tully said Mason and Max were wrongly identified as responsible for bricks being thrown at a house in the Hartcliffe area of Bristol earlier the same evening.
Earlier footage played to the jury showed the attack on the house, in which thugs are seen brandishing machetes, throwing bricks and smashing windows – injuring a female occupant inside.
An hour later, the defendants “tooled themselves up” while and drove to the neighbouring Bristol suburb of Knowle “hell-bent on revenge”.
Mr Tully earlier told the jury: “They set off together, they were on a joint mission, and we say that was for revenge.
“As they drove past Max and Mason walking down the street, they thought they had spotted the people responsible for the earlier attack – or at the very least, people connected to it.
“They were entirely wrong about that. Max and Mason had absolutely nothing to do with any earlier incident and no connection whatsoever with those events.”
Home Office pathologist Dr Russell Delaney concluded both boys died from stab wounds.
Snook, Tolliver, the 16-year-old boy and the 17-year-old boy are charged with murdering Mason together with the 15-year-old boy on January 27 this year.
Snook, Tolliver and the three teenage boys are charged with murdering Max on the same date.
The trial continues.
