After a chase of BMWs stolen at high speeds, Shaun Wright Phillips’s 16-year-old nephew was attacked and killed.
According to jurors, Rhomero was stabbed and attacked several times as he ran on foot after being chased through Manchester rush hour traffic.
Manchester Crown Court heard he banged against a door as he attempted to flee from Old Trafford gangsters on September 9th last year.
Prosecutors claimed that one of the chasing men shouted “got you” before cutting him to pieces on Norton Street.
Ryan Cashin (age 19, is charged with the fatal blow. He denies murder. Giovanni Lawrence, 20; Xavaiour Wynter, 18; and a 17-year-old boy who can’t be named for legal reasons are also accused of murder under the joint enterprise law. They all pleaded guilty.
Guy Gozem QC, prosecuting, told the court: ‘Whatever grudge or issue lay behind what happened, we say that their relentless pursuit of Rhamero West and their absolute determination to catch him is obvious.
Manchester Crown Court heard yesterday that Rhamero East, 16 (pictured), desperately banged on a front door as he attempted to flee his attackers.
On September 9, 2013, the teenage victim, who was suffering from horrific injuries and multiple stab wounds, died at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester.
‘From the lengths that they were prepared to go to throughout this very public chase, sometimes inside cars, sometimes outside cars, openly, brazenly carrying weapons.
“The prosecution claims that the entire operation was joint and coordinated from start to finish.
“In other terms, they all knew their job.”
The trial heard that the chase, which lasted about 10 minutes, began following a ‘confrontation’ on Princess Parkway, at around 5:45pm.
Rhamero, known to pals as Mero, was driving a stolen BMW 3 series, with friends also being in the car.
Witnesses said they saw the car being attacked by a man with a ‘large knife’ as it stopped at a red light.
Prosecutors allege the 17-year-old defendant approached Rhamero’s car before appearing to be ‘lunging and banging’ on it several times.
It was claimed that the attackers also shouted, “arr! got you!” before stabbing him
During busy rush hour traffic, some drivers heard ‘banging’ noises and some thought it was gunfire, the court heard.
Rhamero then drove away, forcing his way through traffic and was followed by two further BMWs, which were also stolen, the jury heard.
In his ‘desperation’ to get away, Rhamero’s BMW was being driven ‘erratically’ and ‘too fast’, jurors were told.
It went on the wrong side of the road, hit a car on Upper Chorlton Road, and then crashed into a tree, the court heard.
The BMW was now ‘useless as a means of escape’, and Rhamero and his friends in the car began to ‘run for their lives’, the prosecutor said.
Rhamero, a thief BMW 3 Series crashed into a tree while trying to flee his pursuers in rush hour traffic.
Mr Gozem said: ‘They had obviously seen the large knife that had been carried by the 17-year-old defendant, and what he was trying to do with it during the confrontation on Princess Parkway.
“You could think they were fleeing for their lives.”
Two BMWs were following them and stopped right at the accident scene.
Prosecutors said the 17-year-old defendant, said to be holding a knife, and Mr Cashin started chasing Rhamero down Darnley Street.
Jurors heard that the BMWs of the two defendants followed suit.
Mr Gozem said: ‘As Cashin ran along Norton Street, he caught up to the 17-year-old defendant, and we say the knife was passed by the 17-year-old defendant to him.
‘He then took over the lead in pursuit of Rhamero’s group with the knife in his hand.’
Shortly after, at about 6pm, Mr Cashin is alleged to have stabbed Rhamero on Norton Street.
A neighbour said she saw a male being chased bang on the door of a house to try and get in, but received no answer.
Then, he leapt over the wall into another home as if attempting to flee.
According to Mr Gozem, he couldn’t escape.
He shouted “arr got your!” at the male following him.’, the jury was told.
To distract her attacker, she shouted from her window.
Mr Gozem said: ‘She saw him plunge the knife down four or five times, despite the fact she was screaming at him to stop.’
Witnesses said that he was assaulted by a man holding a large knife as he stopped it at a red light.
A man in a BMW also shouted at the knifeman, telling him to ‘come on’ and ‘get in the car’ before the two cars left, according to the witness.
Mr Gozem said: ‘Both BMWs sped off in the direction of Darnley Street, leaving Rhamero West to die.’
Rhamero was able to stand up and start walking, as blood pumped from his leg, but he was unsteady on his feet.
He was aided by his neighbors who tried to stop the bleeding.
He died soon after being rushed to the hospital.
A 16-year old nephew of Shaun Wright Phillips, ex-england footballer (pictured in 2019), was killed by a knife after a chase with stolen BMWs at high speeds.
Prosecutors allege that the defendants planned to ‘dump’ one of the stolen BMWs, before they all got in a taxi which stopped in nearby Hulme at around 7:45pm.
They also allege that the four defendants had been in the two stolen BMWs prior to Rhamero’s death.
Mr Cashin, of Hulme; Mr Lawrence, of Moston; Mr Wynter, of no fixed address; and a 17-year-old boy who can’t be named for legal reasons, all deny murder.
The trial is continuing.