Overview
- Jurors viewed multiple CCTV clips that, according to the prosecution, show Augustine near and walking behind John Mackey in the minutes before the attack, though the assault itself was not recorded.
- Judge Sarah Whitehouse told the court it is for the jury to decide whether the defendant was actually following the victim.
- Augustine has pleaded not guilty to murder and robbery and did not appear in court today after being removed on Monday for repeated disruption, during which he shouted that he took the bag.
- Witnesses reported hearing a shout of "give me the bag" and seeing a man over Mackey, and police later said they found remnants of Mackey’s groceries, including cottage pie packaging, during a search of Augustine’s room.
- Mackey suffered bleeding on the brain and broken ribs and died two days later, with the trial expected to run for about two weeks and no psychiatric defence to be raised.