Overview
- The trial opened on November 17 at Cardiff Crown Court, where two boys aged 16 and 17 stand accused of murdering 38-year-old Kamran Aman in Barry.
- Both defendants are anonymised by court order because they are under 18.
- The prosecution says one youth launched an unprovoked assault while the other fetched a large kitchen knife and delivered a single fatal blow to Mr Aman's heart.
- Jurors were told the boys had been drinking and that racist slurs were directed at Mr Aman as he lay fatally wounded.
- The court heard the 17-year-old claims self-defence and denies using a knife or racist language, the 16-year-old denies causing serious harm or knowing about a knife, and both have admitted manslaughter but deny murder.