Overview
- Six men, including Oliver Connelly, are on trial over the February 28 death of Jordan Hogg, and all have pleaded not guilty.
- Prosecutors say the group went to Hogg’s Hemlington flat after chasing an alleged bike thief in a white van minutes earlier.
- CCTV shown to jurors depicts several defendants entering the flat and Connelly at the door holding a machete.
- Connelly testified he carried the blade for self‑protection after sleeping with another man’s girlfriend, said he had no intent to use it, and cited a limp from an old injury.
- A recorded GEOAmey van conversation played in court captured Connelly saying he was there when Hogg was killed but did not stab him, mentioning fake passport plans that he told jurors he never intended to act on.