Ryan Kirkpatrick: Jurors shown footage of fatal Carlisle stabbing

Jurors in the trial of two men accused of killing another man outside a bar and restaurant have been shown CCTV footage of the fatal attack.

Ryan Kirkpatrick, 24, died at the scene of the stabbing in Carlisle, Cumbria, in September 2021.

At the city's crown court, Kane Hull, 29, and Liam Porter, 33, have pleaded not guilty to murder and manslaughter.

Their trial heard they denied being present when Mr Kirkpatrick was killed outside Carlyle's Court.

The stabbing happened shortly after 20:45 BST on Saturday 18 September last year.

It followed an altercation between Mr Kirkpatrick and Mr Hull about 15 minutes earlier.

However, barristers representing Mr Hull and Mr Porter told the court the men did not accept being present at the time of the second incident.

A detailed CCTV sequence using footage from several cameras was seen by jurors and appeared to show Mr Hull and Mr Porter parking a blue Volvo S40 close to Carlyle's Court and entering the venue.

Mr Kirkpatrick was also seen arriving, separately.

In a brief confrontation, the prosecution said the footage showed Mr Hull swing towards Mr Kirkpatrick with an empty pint glass in his right hand. Other drinkers intervened before Mr Hull and Mr Porter left, the court was told.

The court was played further CCTV images in which a blue car arrived at Carlyle's Court soon after, with a hooded person wearing dark clothing running towards Mr Kirkpatrick and stabbing him in front of bystanders.

They then appeared to pull away their face covering and as they ran from the courtyard, the footage played to the jury showed their hood slip down.

This revealed a "distinctive hairline", which the court heard was a match for Mr Hull's.

In the days after the attack, Mr Hull, of no fixed address, and Mr Porter, of Fulmar Place, Carlisle, boarded a ferry to Northern Ireland, the court heard.

They were arrested on 28 September after making their way to a rural retreat in County Mayo, in the Republic of Ireland.

Prosecutor Tim Evans said a number of items seized included a shopping list, which referenced wigs, glasses and hair dye.

On Thursday, the trial was told there had been "bad blood" and "a history" between Mr Hull and Mr Kirkpatrick.

Mr Evans alleged that while the stabbing "was at the hand of Hull", Mr Porter was there "as a party to, supporting the plan to stab Mr Kirkpatrick".

The trial continues.

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