ONE of the gang accused of murdering Shane Tunney looked like One Direction’s Harry Styles, a witness has said.

Charlotte Crowe, whose flat overlooks Norton High Street, told the trial of seven teenagers at Teesside Crown Court that she heard a commotion outside and saw a group of kids.

She described one of the individuals as being like boyband singer Harry Styles.

She said: “He was just a little lad, he reminded me of my grandson. My first thought was he reminded me of Harry Styles, he seemed to have a lot of hair and it was quite thick.”

The witness in her police statement said the youth’s hair was dark brown and shoulder length and she described him as being about 5ft 2ins.

She said he was the one from the group doing all the shouting.

“I heard it as clear as anything,” she said. “I heard him shouting ‘Come on if you think you’re f***ing hard enough.

“He said it a few times.”

Ms Crowe said she heard the same youth say “hoods up”, which was when the rest of those present pulled their hoods up.

“Just after they’d done that, the little lad shouted: ‘Let’s get him’”, she said.

“When he said that I thought, oh God, what are they going to do? What are they up to?”

Seven teenagers are on trial accused of the murder of Shane Tunney, and assaulting his 21-year-old pal Anthony Kirk in the early hours of June 27 last year in Norton, near Stockton.

The trial has heard how the 24-year-old victim was pelted with rotten food as he used a cashpoint in the High Street and challenged the gang of teenagers allegedly responsible.

Brandon Pitt, Kieron Harry Davis, his cousin Kearan Terry Davis and Jake Douglas deny charges of murder.

Three others - two aged 17 and one of 16, none of whom can be identified because of their ages - have also pleaded not guilty to the same charges.

Mr Tunney's attackers are said to have booted his head and body "as though they were kicking footballs" in the assault on him and Mr Kirk.

Mr Kirk, who gave evidence on Monday and said his friend was not looking for a fight, survived the onslaught, despite being beaten with a metal bar.

Mr Tunney, a car valeter from Norton, died five weeks later in hospital without regaining consciousness. The trial continues.