THREE men allegedly stabbed a man to death in his own home in an attempt to steal his car, a court has heard.
Frantisek Olah, 31, was fatally wounded in his home in Musgrave Close, Brighton Hill, on Sunday, May 22.
Ismaila Kamarra-Jarra, of Milton Close, Basingstoke; Je Daine Carty, 18, of Ferndown Close, Basingstoke; and Cohan Daley, 18, whose address cannot be given for legal reasons, have all been charged with murder.
On Friday, November 4, a jury at Winchester Crown Court heard a video interview of Mr Olah’s partner, Chelsey Lee, about the night of the killing.
Ms Lee said that she and Mr Olah were watching a film when they heard a bang on the door and the father of two answered the door around 10.55pm.
“Then I heard like a big bang, I jumped up went to the door to see and he was on the floor behind the front door,” Ms Lee said.
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Ms Lee told police that she recognised two of the men – Carty who she knew as Slim and Kamarra-Jarra who she knew as IK.
In interview, Ms Lee claimed that Carty did not have his face covered, but Kamarra-Jarra had a grey hoodie on with the hood tied up to cover his face and the other man, believed to be Daley, had a ski mask on, each one of them carrying a knife.
She continued: “As soon as I opened the door all three of them started stabbing him with the knife. I was sort of panicking and started shouting.
“Slim came towards the door and had a knife in his hand, I pushed the door towards him and ran out of the back door.”
Ms Lee told police that before she left the house, the three men were shouting at her asking for car keys, with Carty saying “give me the car keys, give me the car keys”.
One of the men allegedly searched through the kitchen cupboards shouting for the car keys to be handed over.
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The court heard that Mr Olah and Carty knew each other, with the victim regularly buying cannabis from him.
Hours before the killing, Carty visited Mr Olah at his home, and Ms Lee said there were no disputes between the two, adding: “He (Mr Olah) has never been in debt with him or anything like that.”
Ms Lee said that Mr Olah had recently purchased a black Vauxhall Astra and had told a number of people, including Carty, adding: “He was excited that he just got the car, he was telling everyone about it.”
The car was not taken in the incident, with the three men allegedly jumping over the garden fence saying, “lets go lets go”.
In a second interview with police, Ms Lee said she believed “they came to rob the car keys”, adding: “Nobody goes to intentionally murder someone and not cover their faces.
“I don’t think it was meant to go like that.”
Kaysha Saunders, 18, from Highfield Chase, Basingstoke, and Kelsea Byrne, 18, from Warwick Road, Basingstoke, and Abbie Mills, 18, from Woburn Gardens, Basingstoke, have been charged with assisting an offender.
The trial continues.
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