An eyewitness in a manslaughter trial described a melee outside his club as ?world war three? yesterday in Supreme Court.

The crown opened its case against Keniel Alfred Ingham, 33, of Warwick, in front of a four-man, eight-woman jury.

Ingham, who is represented by Larry Scott, is charged with unlawfully killing Jermaine (Red) Pitcher outside Champions Club on Reid Street over four years ago.

Director of Public Prosecutions Vinette Graham-Allen said that the Crown is alleging that Mr. Pitcher died after he was in a fight with the defendant and two other men who are not on trial ? Jamal (Knolly) Robinson and Ryan (Tiger) Ball.

The president of Champions Club ? formerly known as Ambassadors ? Delvin Bean, told the court that he stepped outside of his club and saw three men, including the defendant, running around the street throwing bottles and trash cans at Mr. Pitcher and he said he saw one man, who he did not recognise, lying on the street.

?It was hell. It looked liked world war three ? it was really, really bad,? said Mr. Bean.

After calling the Police, Mr. Bean said he stepped outside again and saw a man he now knows as Ryan Ball about ten feet away from him, stabbing Mr. Pitcher from behind.

He added that Ingham was standing in front of Mr. Pitcher with his arms raised to his side and it appeared from the expression on his face that he was being cut with the knife that Ball was using to stab Mr. Pitcher.

He said he saw Mr. Pitcher stumbling toward the door of his club but the stabbing victim was then pushed into a car that started to leave the vicinity.

Mr. Bean said that he pointed the car out to Police, who went after it.

When a second Police car came, he told them to go after a grey BMW, which the defendant was in.

P.c. Marlon Waldron told the court that she stood in front of the grey BMW to stop it. She said she took the keys out of the ignition and told the three men inside to get out.

P.c. Waldron said she recognised Ball and the defendant because she used to go school with them. She added that they were both severely injured and asked to be taken to the hospital. She said she informed them that an ambulance was on its way.

Det. Con. Shawn Dowling told the court that he was on duty with P.c. Waldron that night and saw a man he knows as Jamal Robinson sitting in the back of the BMW with a knife in his hand.

He added that he knew all three men in the BMW.

Det. Con. Dowling said he removed the knife from the car and put it in the Police car.

Sgt. Ronald Beech said he saw a silver Daewoo leaving the scene and chased it all the way to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.

At the hospital two men dragged Mr. Pitcher out of the car and took him to emergency, said Sgt. Beech.

He told the court that moments after Mr. Pitcher arrived at the hospital, Ball and Ingham pulled up in the ambulance.

He said he took clothing samples from Mr. Pitcher, Ball and Ingham.

Yesterday Royal Canadian Mounted Police forensic expert Gary Verret told the court that he received various samples to test for DNA as well as blood samples from Ball and Mr. Pitcher.

In his summary, he said that a number of exhibits on which blood was found matched Mr. Pitcher?s sample and that a blood stain found on Ingham?s shoe also matched the the dead man?s blood.

And he said that a number of exhibits on which blood was found matched Ball?s blood sample.

He added that he found two, unidentified, male DNA samples on some of the exhibits he was given.

The trial is expected to last one week and resumes tomorrow in front of Justice Ian Kawaley.