Closing speeches in attempted murder trial

PROSECUTION and defence teams have given their closing speeches in the case of two brothers who are on trial accused of attempted murder.

Simon and Christopher Trigg both deny the charges against them following a confrontation at the Hafodyrynys Inn in Caerphilly last Christmas.

They are on trial at Cardiff Crown Court.

Opening the case, prosecutor Michael Jones described the incident as “a brutal and sustained knife attack upon a man late at night”.

The court heard the incident occurred in Hafodyrynys in the early hours of December 27 last year.

Prosecutors opened the case on Monday, June 26, and a jury of six men and six women were selected.

They have heard evidence from witnesses including other people who were drinking at the pub, a pathologist and a forensic scientist.

Mr Skye showed the jury a scar on his hand as he told them he could remember trying to hold off one knife as he felt another stab him in the stomach.

His fiancée Ceri Jones said she tried to wrestle a knife away from an attacker, adding: “There was blood everywhere.”

Zak Clarke, who was also drinking in the pub, said he formed the impression the brothers were “looking for trouble”.

He told the jury the incident occurred in a very dark part of the road with no street lighting.

A video of the defendants’ mother Irene Trigg’s police interview was played to the jury.

She said she told her sons: “I’m never defending you from this, never in a million years.”

Pathologist Dr Derek James told the court he identified a total of 19 or 20 sharp force injuries on the victim, consistent with an assault.

He said: “If he had not received treatment, he would have died.”

Judge Eleri Rees summed up the evidence yesterday afternoon.

Christopher Trigg, 36, who does not have a fixed address, admits causing grievous bodily harm with intent, but denies attempted murder.

Simon Trigg, 33, from The Glyn, denies both counts.

The trial continues.