A 17-year-old on trial for Khayri Mclean's murder told a court he was looking for a 'fist fight'.
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Khayri was stabbed near the entrance to North Huddersfield Trust School on 21 September and later died in hospital.Prosecutors allege the pair "charged" at Khayri as he made his way home from the school in Woodhouse Hall Road with his friends. Giving evidence on Monday, the 17-year-old admitted swinging a knife at Khayri but said he did not realise he had stabbed him.
Asked by his barrister Mohammed Nawaz KC why he took the blade out of his hoodie pocket, he said he had panicked when he "heard people screaming" and "felt someone had a knife".
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