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Horrifying CCTV footage shows the moment schoolboy Jaden Moodie was knocked off his moped and stabbed to death in an east London street.
Jurors have seen graphic CCTV, issued at the request of the victim's family, of the 14-year-old being knocked off the scooter and attacked in Leyton on January 8.
The schoolboy was stabbed repeatedly, not far from his grandmother’s home in Waltham Forest.
The 14-year-old died from his injuries.
The moment Jaden Moodie was knocked off his scooter and stabbed to deathPAIt comes as the Old Bailey heard that Jaden's alleged killer was a county lines drug dealer who said he habitually carried a knife for safety and to avoid being robbed.
Ayoub Majdouline, 19, is accused of being part of a gang attack on Jaden, who was rammed off his moped and then stabbed nine times by the masked occupants of a Mercedes.
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Giving evidence this morning, Majdouline said he was a drug dealer in the Leyton area for an “older guy” and would get sent regularly to Hampshire to sell cocaine and heroin.
Jayden Moodie Metropolitan PoliceMajdouline told jurors how he sold drugs "for and with" the Mali Boys gang, including county lines in Basingstoke, Ipswich and Andover.
He said he had been “sliced” in one incident and also robbed at gunpoint, and told jurors he carried a knife “just in case” when selling drugs on the street.
Court sketch of Ayoub MajdoulineElizabeth Cook/PA“You are less likely to be robbed if you are seen to have a knife on you, because I don’t think people think it’s really worth it to try and rob someone with a knife”, Majdouline said.
Jurors were told how Majdouline had a troubled upbringing in Leyton and had turned to drug dealing for older boys to make money.
The court heard how his Irish mother and Moroccan father split up when he was aged seven.
His father died in 2015, and Majdouline went to live with an aunt and later went into foster care, jurors heard.
The court heard he was identified by the National Crime Agency as a victim of "modern slavery", amid concerns of exploitation by older youths.
The day before Jaden was attacked, Majdouline was caught on CCTV at a Travelodge Hotel in Walthamstow, with distinctive Nike Air Max trainers he was allegedly to wear during the knife attack on Jaden, the court heard on Wednesday.
Ayoub Majdouline at a Travelodge hotelPAIt is alleged Majdouline was also wearing yellow rubber gloves, one of which was later found to have traces of the victim's blood and the defendant's DNA.
He is accused of murdering Jaden on January 8 in Leyton, as the schoolboy is believed to have been riding around the area selling drugs for a rival operation.
Majdouline, who was living in Wembley, denies involvement in the murder or being in the car that night.
The trial continues.