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| Boy's head 'kicked like football' | Boy's head 'kicked like football' |
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| A teenager's head was kicked like a football as he lay bleeding to death in the street, a murder trial has heard. | A teenager's head was kicked like a football as he lay bleeding to death in the street, a murder trial has heard. |
| Bradley Whitfield, 16, was killed as he walked back with three friends from a party on New Year's Day in Leicester. | Bradley Whitfield, 16, was killed as he walked back with three friends from a party on New Year's Day in Leicester. |
| His friend Jordan Tighe told Nottingham Crown Court the teenager was attacked with bottles and a pole by four people. | His friend Jordan Tighe told Nottingham Crown Court the teenager was attacked with bottles and a pole by four people. |
| Nicola Faulds, 32, and Darren Carr, 35, of Caldecott Road, Braunstone, both deny murder along with two teenagers who cannot be named. | Nicola Faulds, 32, and Darren Carr, 35, of Caldecott Road, Braunstone, both deny murder along with two teenagers who cannot be named. |
| Bottle attack | Bottle attack |
| The victim's friend Jordan Tighe told the court how they had been walking home in a "merry mood" when another group of four approached them near the junction of Fulhurst Avenue and Fosse Road South. | The victim's friend Jordan Tighe told the court how they had been walking home in a "merry mood" when another group of four approached them near the junction of Fulhurst Avenue and Fosse Road South. |
| He said the younger man in that group starting staring and shouting at them, then the woman in the group hit the victim with a pole, before two men repeatedly attacked him with bottles. | He said the younger man in that group starting staring and shouting at them, then the woman in the group hit the victim with a pole, before two men repeatedly attacked him with bottles. |
| Jordan Tighe told the court he hit the older man with some plastic tubing he had grabbed from a garden but to no affect. | Jordan Tighe told the court he hit the older man with some plastic tubing he had grabbed from a garden but to no affect. |
| He said the man then ran up to the victim and kicked him in the head. | He said the man then ran up to the victim and kicked him in the head. |
| Prosecutor Richard Latham QC asked: "What sort of kick was it?" | Prosecutor Richard Latham QC asked: "What sort of kick was it?" |
| The witness replied: "Like he was kicking a football." | The witness replied: "Like he was kicking a football." |
| Mr Tighe said the attackers then ran off. | Mr Tighe said the attackers then ran off. |
| Darren Carr's barrister put it to Jordan Tighe that in fact the woman had been punched to the ground and the older man had only swung the bottle after that. | Darren Carr's barrister put it to Jordan Tighe that in fact the woman had been punched to the ground and the older man had only swung the bottle after that. |
| Jordan Tighe denied this was the case, saying: "Not once did I see the woman on the ground." | Jordan Tighe denied this was the case, saying: "Not once did I see the woman on the ground." |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |
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| Bradley Whitfield was killed on New Year's Day |