Shocking footage has been shown to a jury laying bare the violent mayhem that engulfed a Friendship Trophy match.

Amid scenes of complete chaos at the Wellington Oval soccer final, the 15-minute film captured scenes highlighting mass public fighting and men carrying weapons, including large knives and pieces of wood.

Screaming fans could be heard in the background on the film, as the jury of nine women and three men watched the 15-minute recording in the Supreme Court.

The stark footage ? shot by a member of the public on April 4, 2004 ? started with a normal game of football at St. George?s and gave no indication of the controversy to follow.

But after about ten minutes the players are forced to leave the pitch as an orgy of violence erupted on the field.

First signs of trouble came when a man raced across the side of the pitch as a flurry of punches were thrown.

The camera then shot wildly to the side, and with screams heard from the stunned crowd, a man with a wooden post could be seen hitting a man on the floor.

Frantic scenes followed with attempts made to pull people away, before the jury then saw a man injured on the floor with what appeared to be blood on his clothes.

Another shot showed a motorbike being struck by a man armed with a large piece of wood until it fell to the floor.

And the jury then witnessed another surge of violence on the pitch ? one man armed with a large knife ? before the film focussed on a man being carried by stretcher onto an ambulance, surrounded by concerned medics.

The film, shown without explanation of the various scenes, was shown to jurors yesterday during the Wellington Oval attempted murder retrial.

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, deny attempting to murder Tariq Foster at the St. George?s stadium.

The trio also denied grievous bodily harm with intent.

The trial was told on Tuesday how Mr. Foster was left unconscious after being pursued by Morris and Bascome ? one with a blade, another with a machete.

Further evidence was heard yesterday from freelance photographer Ras Mykkal Simons, who took pictures at the Friendship Trophy match.

The court heard how Detective Constable Garic Swainson came to Mr. Simons? house on the night of April 4, last year.

?He asked for a copy of the pictures that I had taken on that day,? Mr. Simons added. ?In good faith, I gave him the pictures.?

The jury was also shown a series of pictures which the court heard were taken by the freelancer as violence swept the stadium.

One showed a man lying on a stretcher with his eyes closed and neck in a brace. Another showed a man with a blade, while others depicted brawls, men armed with blocks of wood and armed stand-offs.

Under cross-examination, Mr. Simons ? who had earlier told the court he did not wish to answer any questions ? was asked by Elizabeth Christopher, for Butterfield, whether he recalled telling police he saw a man holding a piece of wood in a stand-off position ?ready to swing it?.

Mr. Simons replied that he did not know what he told the Police and added: ?I saw what was in the pictures.?

But Miss Christopher put it to the freelancer that he saw several males of a similar age group invade the pitch, and that it was after this series of events that he started taking pictures. In response, Mr. Simons said he had nothing to add, but said he signed the police statement in good faith.

Cross-examined by Charles Richardson, for Morris, the photographer said that it did not appear anyone was making any attempt to ?cut or chop? with blades, but with the flat sides.

Asked by Mr. Richardson whether the people carrying out the chopping on the pitch were serious, Mr Simons replied: ?That?s not my judgment.?

Another witness, Detective Constable Jewell Hayward, of the Police forensic support unit, told how he was on mobile patrol when the ugly scenes unfolded at the stadium. He said he took pictures of machetes and a baseball bat found in trees on private property on the east side of the ground, although the court later heard there was no evidence the weapons had been disposed of by the defendants.

DC Hayward added that he also took photos in the clubhouse of what appeared to be blood in a room next to the bar area. The trial has already heard how Mr. Foster fled into the clubhouse for safety, where he eventually lost consciousness.

The detective told how he took the photos received on disc from Mr. Simons to be reprinted, but said some were not printed because they had been cropped and changed.

Butterfield has also pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempted wounding with intent to cause GBH, possessing an offensive weapon and being armed in public to cause terror. Morris and Bascome both denied possessing an offensive weapon and being armed in public to cause terror.

The trial continues.