A teenager lost a finger and suffered a six-inch knife wound to his neck after two brothers set upon him for stealing their moped, a court has heard.

Derek Weeks Junior and Javon Weeks are alleged to have attacked Jahkumani Riley-Smith on March 8 last year in Devonshire.

At the opening of a Supreme Court trial yesterday jurors heard that Mr Riley-Smith and a friend had taken the moped from outside the brother’s home to behind a container in area known as “the jungle”.

The teenager told the court: “We tried to kick start the bike for between 15 and 25 minutes, then we saw someone walking past the container.

“We thought it was someone we knew so my friend called out to him. They turned towards us and started walking. As he was walking closer we saw he had something in his hand.”

Mr Riley-Smith told jurors that he and his friend tried to flee when he heard the man say “we will teach you a lesson for messing with our bike”.

“I saw him reach into his waist and he was holding a knife or a sword,” he said.

“I slipped and ended up on the pavement. I heard this man coming up behind me and I felt something hit me on my neck on my left side. Then I felt blood start running down my shoulder and chest.

“He was standing over me and he had his hands like he was swinging a bat. That is when I felt a second blow hit me in my hand. I saw blood spurting in the air.”

Prosecutor Alan Richards told the jury the defendants had tried to “execute their own form of rough justice” on the Mr Riley-Smith.

He said that Derek Weeks Junior had been wielding the knife during the attack, but that Javon Weeks had joined in the attack by kicking Mr Riley-Smith on the ground.

“When the scene was examined by police a scabbard was recovered from very close by and that scabbard was sent away for analysis,” said the prosecutor.

“A DNA profile was exacted from the samples and you will hear expert evidence about the considerable improbability if the DNA having originated from anyone other than the defendant Derek Weeks Junior.”

Mr Richards told the court that the attack was caught on CCTV cameras in two nearby homes and it showed a jeep arriving at the scene of the attack on Mr Riley-Smith.

“Our case is that roles were played by each of the defendants. Javon Weeks drove the jeep and Derek Weeks travelled as a passenger a relatively short distance from their residence.

“Further our case is that it was Derek Weeks Junior who wielded the machete and assumed the principal role.

“We also say that Javon Weeks played an active role in what was taking place particularly in relation to kicking the victim while he was on the floor. It was clearly a joint attack perpetrated by two individuals acting together. They are both jointly responsible for the injuries inflicted and both jointly in possession of the machete.”

Derek and Javon Weeks both deny wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm and having an article with a blade or point in a public place.

The trial continues.

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