CCTV footage showing fatal attack on Bristol teenagers played to court

  • Bristol Crown Court has been shown CCTV footage of two teenagers being fatally stabbed in a case of mistaken identity, as ITV West Country's Max Walsh reports.

CCTV footage showing a 33-second attack on two teenagers who were allegedly murdered in a case of mistaken identity has been played to a jury.

Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, died after being stabbed on Ilminster Avenue in Knowle West, Bristol, shortly after 11pm on 27 January.

Five people - Antony Snook, 45, and Riley Tolliver, 18, and three teenage boys aged 15, 16 and 17 who cannot be named - are on trial accused of their murder.

It is alleged they were murdered by the group, who went out in an Audi Q2 car looking for revenge when a property in Hartcliffe was damaged.

The trial has so far heard Max and Mason were set upon with “fearsome weapons” in a case of mistaken identity.

Snook is alleged to have driven the Audi Q2, while Tolliver and the three teenage boys are said to have been passengers, the jury previously heard.

A CCTV camera on Mason’s house captured how the attack lasted just 33 seconds – including the vehicle stopping, four teenagers allegedly jumping out, attacking the two friends, returning to the car and it driving off.

CCTV footage showed Mason and Max leaving the house together moments before the attack. Credit: Avon and Somerset Police

On Monday 14 October, Ray Tully QC took the jury through multiple CCTV clips showing the lead-up to the attack, and the vehicle driving from the scene.

Part of the footage, which was released to the media after being played in court, allegedly shows three of the teenage boys chasing after Mason and Max.

Mr Tully previously told how a property in the Hartcliffe area of Bristol – which he said had a “rivalry” with the Knowle West area – was targeted at about 10pm that night.

CCTV footage showed people outside the house holding machetes and throwing bricks at the windows. A woman was left injured in the incident.

An hour later, Snook, Tolliver and the three teenage boys allegedly left the Hartcliffe area in Snook’s car armed with “fearsome weapons” and “hell-bent on revenge”, Mr Tully said.

They drove past Mason and Max, who had just left Mason’s home, and wrongly believed they had spotted those responsible for the attack.

Mr Tully previously told the jury: “They were entirely wrong about that. Max and Mason had absolutely nothing to do with any earlier incident and no connection whatsoever with those events.”

CCTV showed people walking down the street with machetes. Credit: Avon and Somerset Police

Mason and Max were found lying fatally wounded on Ilminster Avenue and treated at the scene by police and paramedics.

Mason was died at Bristol Children’s Hospital at 12.49am, while Max was died at Southmead Hospital at 1.02am.

Home Office pathologist Dr Russell Delaney concluded that both boys died from stab wounds.

Mason Rist (left) and Max Dixon were stabbed in Knowle West, Bristol and later died in hospital

Snook was arrested at his home address about an hour after the incident, which took place shortly after 11pm on January 27, and the other defendants were arrested in the following days.

The 15-year-old boy has since admitted murdering Mason but denies murdering Max. The 17-year-old boy has admitted to the manslaughter of Max but denies murdering both Max and Mason.

The prosecution maintain all five people acted as a group and are responsible for the deaths of both Mason and Max.

The trial continues.