Alfie Lewis murder-accused sat on boy and stabbed him - court
A teenager accused of murder sat on top his 15-year-old victim and stabbed him in the chest and leg, a court was told.
Alfie Lewis, 15, was attacked on Church Road in Horsforth last November and died later in hospital.
A 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denies murder and is on trial at Leeds Crown Court.
A friend of Alfie's, who witnessed the attack, told the jury he saw the teenager being stabbed by the defendant.
The witness, a 15-year-old boy, said he was walking home from school on 7 November when he witnessed Alfie being pushed to the floor by the defendant.
"He was sat on top of him, stabbing at him," he told the court.
'Just collapsed'
The boy described how he could hear Alfie shouting, asking what the defendant was doing and added: "He was on the floor, putting his hands over his chest so he wouldn't get stabbed anymore."
The witness said the defendant fled after the attack and as Alfie tried to get to his feet, he "just collapsed on the floor".
The court also heard from another teenager witness who described the defendant as "slicing" the knife towards Alfie "at every opportunity".
The girl, who was 15 at the time, said she saw the commotion as she walked by.
In a recorded interview played to the court, she recalled Alfie shouting "what are you doing, what is this about" and that he was "doing everything he could to get away".
She said afterwards the defendant ran away and Alfie stumbled in the road before collapsing and passing out.
Another witness, who was 17 at the time, said she saw the pair and thought they were fighting at first.
Under cross examination by Nicholas Lumley KC, for the defence, she told the court she did not see the defendant doing anything to Alfie while he was on the floor.
Prosecutor Craig Hassall KC previously told jurors Alfie had been walking down the street to meet friends at the end of the school day when the defendant, who was 14 at the time, attacked him with a five-inch (13cm) kitchen knife he had brought from home.
The prosecutor said a post-mortem examination revealed the fatal stab injury was a 14cm-deep wound to Alfie's chest, which punctured his heart.
"As we understand it, [the defendant] will accept that Alfie was killed by the knife from his kitchen drawer at home, but will say that, at all times, he was acting in self-defence," he added.
The trial continues.
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