Overview
- Under questioning, Franco answered yes to the prosecutor's question, "You murdered him didn't you?", before clarifying he meant he took the boy's life and insisting he believed he was in danger.
- In closing remarks, the prosecution argued Franco covertly readied a flick knife, advanced on 16-year-old Ahmad Al Ibrahim, and delivered a forceful neck blow that was not self-defence.
- Franco testified he thought Ahmad was aggressive and reaching for his waistband, said he aimed for the cheek to "cut" him and get away, and told police he "didn't want the kid to die."
- The court has heard the fatal injury was a 6cm stab wound to the neck after what prosecutors describe as only minor contact with Franco's girlfriend on a Huddersfield street.
- Jurors were told Franco admitted carrying the illegal knife and said he bought the blue blade about a week earlier from a shop in Bradford, and they viewed footage of his arrest after he handed himself in.