Kewell 'was pawn in murky transfer deal'
The knife-wielding 24-year-old then 'piled in' with one of his brothers and two friends armed with a chair, a metal crutch and belt after a road-rage row, it was claimed. His alleged victim Ejay Armstrong's next memory was a flurry of 'hits, kicks and punches', Southwark Crown Court in London was told.
Romeo, whose real name is Marvin Dawkins, was 'at least one of them who slashed at him with a knife', said Sarah Forshaw, prosecuting. She said Mr Armstrong finally managed to break free and, bleeding profusely, fled from the NCP car park in Soho, Central London, with a friend who was also attacked.
'They were pursued by the defendants, who had run from the scene by the time police arrived,' she added.
Dawkins, from South-East London, his brother Julian, 26, and Thomas Engola, 27, both of Battersea, South-West London, and Darren Moore, 28, of Earlsfield, deny violent disorder and wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. The trial continues.