CCTV footage showing fatal attack on two teenagers outside court

CCTV footage showing a 33-second attack on two teenagers allegedly murdered in a case of mistaken identity has been played to a jury.

Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, can be seen in the footage leaving Mason’s home on Ilminster Avenue in the Knowle West area of ​​Bristol shortly after 11pm on January 27.

Bristol Crown Court heard how the boys, who were good friends, were then attacked by four teenagers armed with weapons who had passed in an Audi Q2 car.

Mason and Max had been wrongly identified as being responsible for throwing bricks at a house in the Hartcliffe area of ​​Bristol earlier in the evening, the jury of nine men and three women was told.

They suffered fatal stab wounds and both died in hospital in the early hours of January 28.

Antoine Snook, 45 years old; Riley Tolliver, 18; and three boys aged 17, 16 and 15 – who cannot be named due to their age – are each on trial on two counts of murder.

The 15-year-old admitted to Mason’s murder but denies murdering Max. The 17-year-old admitted to Max’s manslaughter but denies murdering him and Mason.

Snook allegedly drove the Audi Q2, while Tolliver and the three teenagers were passengers, the jury has previously heard.

A CCTV camera installed on Mason’s house filmed the attack which lasted just 33 seconds – including the vehicle stopping, four teenagers allegedly jumping out, attacking the two friends, then getting back into the car he was was driving.

On Monday, Ray Tully QC presented the jury with several CCTV clips showing preparations for the attack and the vehicle leaving the scene.

Part of the footage, which was released to media after being played in court, reportedly shows three of the teens chasing Mason and Max.

Mr Tully previously explained how a property in the Hartcliffe area of ​​Bristol – which he said had a “rivalry” with the Knowle West area – was targeted at around 10pm on January 27.

CCTV footage showed people outside the house holding machetes and throwing bricks at the windows. A woman was injured during the incident.

An hour later, Snook, Tolliver and the three teenagers allegedly left the Hartcliffe area in Snook’s car armed with “fearsome weapons” and “determined for revenge”, Mr Tully said.

They walked past Mason and Max, who had just left Mason’s house, and mistakenly believed they had spotted those responsible for the attack.

Mr Tully previously told the jury: “They were completely wrong about that. Max and Mason had absolutely nothing to do with any prior incident and no connection to these events.

Mason and Max were found fatally injured on Ilminster Avenue and treated at the scene by police and paramedics.

Mason was pronounced dead at Bristol Children’s Hospital at 12:49 a.m., while Max was pronounced dead at Southmead Hospital at 1:02 a.m.

Home Office pathologist Dr Russell Delaney concluded that both boys died from stab wounds.

Snook was arrested at his home about an hour after the incident, which took place shortly after 11 p.m. on January 27, and the other defendants were arrested in the following days.

Snook, Tolliver, the 16-year-old boy and the 17-year-old boy are accused of murdering Mason along with the 15-year-old boy on January 27 of this year.

Snook, Tolliver and the three teenagers are charged with Max’s murder the same day.

The trial continues.