Girl thought fatal chase was game of hide-and-seek

A 12-year-old girl described seeing what she thought was a "game of hide and seek" moments before a 16-year-old boy was fatally stabbed at a shopping precinct.

Baye Bireme Fall, known as BB, died from a single stab wound after a confrontation near the Ortongate Shopping Centre in Peterborough on 12 April.

Emidas Krutkevicius, 18, from Garton End Road in the city, and a 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, are on trial at Peterborough Crown Court where they deny murder.

In a police interview played in court, the girl said she saw Baye being chased by the defendants, and added that she "had a bad feeling about them".

The witness was with two friends when she first saw Baye and the defendants, who were all dressed in black clothes and balaclavas.

She told police "we heard fighting" and "they looked angry".

"We didn't want to go past them as they seemed dangerous," the court heard her say.

The girl described seeing Baye "talking back" to the accused before being chased and hearing him screaming.

Shortly afterwards she remembered him lying on the grass, as two people tried to do CPR.

Emergency services arrived minutes later and Baye was taken to hospital where he later died, the court was told.

Prosecutor Kate Wilkinson KC previously told jurors it appeared there had been a "disagreement" between friends of Krutkevicius and Baye and the two were due to meet "to resolve the issue".

Krutkevicius and the 15-year-old were "armed with knives" in the lead up to the meeting, while Baye arrived at the shopping centre with two others.

Baye was also carrying a weapon, she said, but explained it was never "seen out of its protective sheath" and there was no scientific evidence it had been used to harm anyone.

The trial continues.

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