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Deaf cousin tells of night of attack - Northants ET
THE deaf cousin of David Haynes has re-lived a nightclub argument which prosecutors argue triggered a series of events which led to a fatal stabbing.
Shane McLeod had been celebrating his cousin's 21st birthday in Wellingborough on the night Mr Haynes was stabbed to death outside Delight Kebabs last August.
Shilesh Patel, 26, of Winstanley Road, Wellingborough, Nimesh Patel, 24, of Covington Road, Wellingborough and Sandeep Phull, 22, of Westcott Way, Northampton, all deny murder and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm.
At the beginning of the trial over Mr Haynes' death at Northampton Crown Court on Monday, prosecutors alleged the tragedy had been sparked by an incident inside the Bar Life nightclub in which Mr McLeod was jostled by a group of Asian men.
Speaking with the aid of two sign language interpreters, Mr McLeod told the jury yesterday he thought the incident had arisen because the men did not realise he was deaf.
He said: "I don't know why they were coming towards me like that – they lost their temper with me. They were talking and I couldn't hear so that was a big problem. I gestured to them to calm down. I pushed them back because they were coming towards me and I felt they needed to respect my space, then I moved myself away from them.
"David came up to me and asked who was pushing me. He walked over to talk to them but I couldn't understand what they were saying. When it finished we shook hands – I thought it was finished but then there was what happened later."
Under cross-examination Mr McLeod agreed that later outside the club he saw a group of his friends punching one of the Asian men, but said his cousin had been trying to stop the fight.
He said: "David was in the middle trying to hold people back. An Indian man came running towards me and I hit him – I don't know why."
Jeremy Gold, defending Shilesh Patel, said: "The truth is David was spoiling for a fight on the night we're talking about. Isn't it right that David was aggressive and willing to fight?" Mr McLeod denied the suggestion.
Following the stabbing, Mr McLeod was one of several who chased the defendants as they ran away. He said he gave up after he caught up with two of the men and one of them flashed a knife at him to warn him off.
THE deaf cousin of David Haynes has re-lived a nightclub argument which prosecutors argue triggered a series of events which led to a fatal stabbing.
Shane McLeod had been celebrating his cousin's 21st birthday in Wellingborough on the night Mr Haynes was stabbed to death outside Delight Kebabs last August.
Shilesh Patel, 26, of Winstanley Road, Wellingborough, Nimesh Patel, 24, of Covington Road, Wellingborough and Sandeep Phull, 22, of Westcott Way, Northampton, all deny murder and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm.
At the beginning of the trial over Mr Haynes' death at Northampton Crown Court on Monday, prosecutors alleged the tragedy had been sparked by an incident inside the Bar Life nightclub in which Mr McLeod was jostled by a group of Asian men.
Speaking with the aid of two sign language interpreters, Mr McLeod told the jury yesterday he thought the incident had arisen because the men did not realise he was deaf.
He said: "I don't know why they were coming towards me like that – they lost their temper with me. They were talking and I couldn't hear so that was a big problem. I gestured to them to calm down. I pushed them back because they were coming towards me and I felt they needed to respect my space, then I moved myself away from them.
"David came up to me and asked who was pushing me. He walked over to talk to them but I couldn't understand what they were saying. When it finished we shook hands – I thought it was finished but then there was what happened later."
Under cross-examination Mr McLeod agreed that later outside the club he saw a group of his friends punching one of the Asian men, but said his cousin had been trying to stop the fight.
He said: "David was in the middle trying to hold people back. An Indian man came running towards me and I hit him – I don't know why."
Jeremy Gold, defending Shilesh Patel, said: "The truth is David was spoiling for a fight on the night we're talking about. Isn't it right that David was aggressive and willing to fight?" Mr McLeod denied the suggestion.
Following the stabbing, Mr McLeod was one of several who chased the defendants as they ran away. He said he gave up after he caught up with two of the men and one of them flashed a knife at him to warn him off.