Murder trial jury given new option after hearing case against pair accused of killing teen
The jury in the murder trial of two men accused of murdering teenager Terrell Marshall-Williams are being given the option of convicting them both of manslaughter.
The cases for the prosecution and defence of Mpho Obi, 22, and Omari Lauder, 23, have finished and Justice Michael Chambers KC has given directions to the jury.
Both men deny murder and possessing an offensive weapon, a zombie knife used to kill 16-year-old Terrell during a four-minute knife fight in a notorious Merry Hill drugs den.
Obi previously told jurors he stabbed Terrell from behind whilst stabbing Lauder on the floor of the flat.
Justice Chambers told the jury if they could not reach a verdict of murder then they could opt for manslaughter or clear them on the basis of lawful self-defence or defence of an other.
