The jury in the Wellington Oval trial were yesterday shown footage of fights, drawn weapons and a sickening scene of a man being chopped with a machete.

A 15-minute film shot during the Friendship Trophy soccer final on April 5 last year clearly showed violent scenes and recreated the full horror of the mayhem that engulfed Wellington Oval.

As well as shots of a number of men carrying machetes, knives and pieces of wood, a backdrop of screaming women could clearly be heard as the six-man, six-woman jury watched the footage in Supreme Court One.

After a day punctuated by legal arguments, the footage was shown in the trial of three men accused of the attempted murder of Tariq Foster at the football stadium.

Ki-Roy Kinta Butterfield, 27, of Cherry Hill Park, Paget, Jahcai Morris, 24, of Sylvan Dell, Paget, and Tahir Nesta Bascome, 22, of Dunscombe Road, Warwick, have all denied attempted murder on April 5, 2004.

The footage was shot by a member of the public and began as a simple video of a normal football match, but after around ten minutes, it depicted violence descending on the soccer venue.

Once the jury had been shown the footage in its entirety, Det. Con. Swainson, an off-duty Policeman present at the game, then went through certain frames using a laser pointer to identify and explain various scenes.

Scenes shown included:

A man chopping Tariq Foster with a machete;

Three men with weapons raised ? including a machete and a knife ? chasing Foster and companion Kuma Smith;

A man attempting to conceal a machete in his trousers;

A man walking away from a prone body with a large piece of wood in his hand.

In reference to the scene where Mr. Foster can be seen on the receiving end of an exaggerated chop with a machete, Det. Con. Swainson said: ?The man can be seen chopping at Tariq Foster as he lies on the ground with his knees up and his hands on his head.?

As the film continues, the camera follows three attackers as they move towards the St. George?s Cricket Club?s clubhouse and the Police officer, who was briefly pictured on his cell phone giving a running commentary of the incident, can be heard saying to the cameraman: ?I want that f***ing guy on film.?

Det. Con. Swainson also told the court that the cameraman was reluctant to shoot footage of the fight due to fears for his personal safety, but was persuaded to continue doing so by the Police officer.

The three men in the dock have also pleaded not guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent, going armed in public so as to cause terror and possession of offensive weapons.

Butterfield has also pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempted wounding on Everest Trott.

The trial is set to resume on Monday.