CCTV footage showing fatal attack on two teenagers brought to court

CCTV footage showing a 33-second attack on two teenagers allegedly murdered in a case of mistaken identity has been played to a jury.

Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, can be seen in the footage leaving Mason’s home on Ilminster Avenue in the Knowle West area of ​​Bristol shortly after 11pm on January 27.

Bristol Crown Court heard how the boys, who were good friends, were attacked by four armed teenagers who had driven past in an Audi Q2 car.

Mason and Max were wrongly identified as responsible for throwing bricks at a house in the Hartcliffe area of ​​Bristol earlier that evening, the jury of nine men and three women was told.

They suffered fatal stab wounds and both died in hospital in the early hours of January 28.

Anthony Snook, 45; Riley Tolliver, 18; and three boys aged 17, 16 and 15 – who cannot be identified due to their age – are on trial, each charged with two counts of murder.

The 15-year-old admitted to murdering Mason, but denies murdering Max. The 17-year-old admitted manslaughter relating to Max, but denies murdering him and Mason.

Snook was said to have driven the Audi Q2, while Tolliver and the three teenagers were passengers, the jury previously heard.

A CCTV camera at Mason’s home captured how the attack lasted just 33 seconds – including the vehicle stopping, four teenagers allegedly jumping out, attacking the two friends, returning to the departing car.

On Monday, Ray Tully QC took the jury through several CCTV clips showing the preparations for the attack and the vehicle leaving the scene.

Some of the footage, which was released to the media after being shown in court, allegedly shows three of the teens chasing Mason and Max.

Tully previously told how a property in the Hartcliffe area of ​​Bristol – which he said has a “rivalry” with the Knowle West area – was attacked at around 10pm on January 27.

CCTV footage showed people outside the house holding machetes and throwing bricks at the windows. A woman was injured in the incident.

An hour later, Snook, Tolliver and the three teenagers allegedly left the Hartcliffe area in Snook’s car armed with “fearsome weapons” and “objects of revenge”, Tully said.

They passed Mason and Max, who had just left Mason’s house, and mistakenly believed they had spotted those responsible for the attack.

Tully previously told the jury: “They were totally wrong about that. Max and Mason had absolutely nothing to do with any previous incident and no connection to these events.”

Mason and Max were found fatally injured on Ilminster Avenue and treated at the scene by police and paramedics.

Mason was pronounced dead at Bristol Children’s Hospital at 12.49pm, while Max was pronounced dead at Southmead Hospital at 1.02am.

Home Office pathologist Dr Russell Delaney concluded that both boys died from stab wounds.

Snook was arrested at his home address around an hour after the incident, which occurred shortly after 11pm on January 27, and the remaining defendants were arrested over the following days.

Snook, Tolliver, the 16-year-old boy and the 17-year-old boy are accused of murdering Mason along with the 15-year-old boy on January 27 this year.

Snook, Tolliver and the three teenagers are accused of murdering Max in the same encounter.

The trial continues.