"Ahmad Al Ibrahim, 16, died after being stabbed by Alfie Franco, 20, whose girlfriend he had brushed past on a crowded shopping street in Huddersfield on April 3. Prosecutors say Franco appears to have taken some petty exception to Ahmad possibly making some minor contact with his girlfriend after innocuously walking past her. Leeds Crown Court jurors have heard Franco called Ahmad over to him and, as he approached, the defendant opened the blade on a flick knife he was carrying"
"On Tuesday Franco told a trial he stabbed Ahmad because he was scared something was going to happen to me and and he just wanted to cut him so I could get away. He told the court Ahmad was quite aggressive during the altercation and kept going for his waist. Franco said he was in the West Yorkshire town centre that day for a Jobcentre appointment and that his girlfriend then wanted to buy some eyelash glue."
"Asked why he took the knife with him, he said: Because I've been in altercations and heard things that happen in town. I just wanted to have it with me to keep me safe. After viewing a CCTV clip of him and his girlfriend walking and eating ice cream together minutes before the stabbing, Franco said: I was feeling quite happy The meeting at the Jobcentre went well."
Ahmad Al Ibrahim, 16, died after being stabbed in the neck in Huddersfield town centre on April 3. Alfie Franco, 20, admitted carrying a flick knife and told the court he had aimed for the boy's cheek and that he was scared and wanted to cut him to get away. Prosecutors say the attack followed minor contact after Ahmad brushed past Franco's girlfriend. Franco said Ahmad acted aggressively, making moves for his waist, and that he carried the knife for self-protection after previous altercations. CCTV showed Franco and his girlfriend walking minutes earlier; the situation escalated into the fatal stabbing.
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