Teenagers deny murder after rapper stabbed

An aspiring rapper was hunted down and murdered by an armed mob of teenagers after trying to gatecrash a 16th birthday party, a court heard.

Lewis Blackman, 19, known as “Dotty”, was part of a group of 10 men who turned up uninvited at the event taking place in a Kensington flat.

CCTV captured Mr Blackman’s group being chased through Earl’s Court by a number of those inside. He was stabbed 14 times.

Four 17-year-olds and two 16-yearolds deny murder and violent disorder.