Thugs who killed young dad over Gucci bag 'laughed as they fled scene' court told
dailyrecord.co.ukA young dad was stabbed to death over his Gucci backpack in an apparent unprovoked attacked by a masked gang, a court was told.
Ryan O'Connor was killed during the robbery on June 10 last year in Newport. Jurors heard how passersby tried to help the 26-year-old who died just minutes later, with his attackers heard laughing and mocking him as they fled the scene in a Ford Fiesta.
The stolen vehicle was then spotted 45 minutes away in Cardiff, which was then pursued by police in a high-speed chase, Wales Online reports.
That only came to an end when a stinger was used to slash the car's tyres and officers were able to ram the vehicle into railings.That only came to an end when a stinger was used to slash the tyres and the vehicle was then rammed into railings by a police car.Lewis Aquilina, 20, of Canton Court, Riverside, Cardiff; Elliott Fiteni, 20, of no fixed abode; Kyle Raisis, 18, of Bartley Wilson Way, Canton, Cardiff; Ethan Strickland, 19, of Clos Briallen, Caerau; and 17-year-old Joseph Jeremy, of no fixed abode, have pleaded not guilty to murder, manslaughter, and robbery of a Gucci bag.The Crown says the quintet did not know Mr O’Connor, who was known to pals as "Apple", and could not say whether any planning had gone into the attack.However prosecuting counsel Michael Brady QC said it was clear the defendants had travelled out of their own area in a stolen car with cloned number plates to commit crime.And, on a summer’s day, they had also taken balaclavas with them and three knives.Mr Brady said: “At the time of travelling they chose their target and once they chose their target Mr O’Connor was dealt with swiftly and brutally."Those who carried out the theft and serious violence were indicative of the
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