A schoolgirl who told a jury on Monday that she saw two teenagers attack Kellon Hill with a crash helmet and cane, admitted yesterday that she saw no such thing.

The 15-year-old, who The Royal Gazette is not naming because of her age, agreed with defence lawyers that she'd read the information in news reports and not seen it for herself.

Mr. Hill, 18, is alleged by prosecutors to have been set upon by five teenagers as he left a party at Elbow Beach last August 9. He died of a stab wound to the heart. The five accused are currently on trial at Supreme Court.

Besides murder, each is accused of possessing a different weapon. Kellan Jeaurreau Lewis, 17, is alleged to have had a knife. Kevin Andre Warner, 19, a wooden cane. Gary Rupert Hollis, 16, and Devon Vonzell Hairston, 18, allegedly wielded crash helmets while 17-year-old Zharrin Frankie Simmons the only girl charged is alleged to have had a screwdriver. They deny the charges.

Opening the trial last week, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Michael McColm alleged that Lewis and Hollis approached Mr. Hill and snatched a gold chain from around his neck. Mr. Hill demanded it back but the pair refused, and a fight ensued. The prosecutor claimed the other three accused then joined the attack from nearby.

The five are alleged to have used the various weapons listed in the charges against the teenage victim.

In her evidence-in-chief on Monday, the 15-year-old witness said she travelled to the party on a bus with two girlfriends.

She said Hairston, Lewis, plus "Gary" and "Zharrin" whose surnames she did not know also caught the bus. The girl claimed that Lewis had a knife in the waistband of his pants at the time.

She went on to claim that when the violence unfolded, she saw Hollis grab Mr. Hill's neck chain, then hit him in the head with his helmet. After a fight ensued, she claimed to have seen Lewis stab Mr. Hill "a lot of times" with the same black-handled knife she'd first seen at the bus stop and "Kevin" hit him on the head with a cane.

However, under cross examination from defence lawyers yesterday, her account of events changed.

She agreed with John Perry QC, acting for Lewis, that the fight occurred very quickly, in darkness, and when people were blocking her view. The schoolgirl agreed that she did not mention having seen Lewis with a knife at the bus stop in her Police statement three days after the incident. She only told Police about it in a statement made on May 22 this year.

"You just remembered?" inquired Mr. Perry.–"Yes" replied the schoolgirl.

"Or you're further trying to stitch up Kellan Lewis," responded the lawyer. The schoolgirl denied this.

She agreed that she made no mention of Hollis grabbing the victim's neck chain in her first Police statement, and the first time she mentioned Warner hitting Mr. Hill with a cane was in her follow-up statement on May 22.

She went on to agree with Elizabeth Christopher, Warner's lawyer, that she read a newspaper story after the incident that suggested Warner hit Mr. Hill with a cane.

"You didn't see Kevin Warner strike Kellon Hill in the head with a cane, did you?" asked Ms Christopher.

"No," the witness agreed.

Saul Froomkin QC, lawyer for Hollis, put it to her: "It's not true you saw Gary snatch the chain."

She agreed with him.

"Did you see anyone snatch the chain?" inquired Mr. Froomkin.

"No," she replied.

The case continues.