Jurors have watched and listened to enhanced CCTV of the moment a simmering feud erupted into fatal violence leaving a Bishop Auckland man dead in the street.
In some CCTV footage people could be heard shouting 'give him it, give him it' while a car's engine could be heard revving in the background.
Another voice could be heard shouting 'have it, have it' when the footage was played to jurors in the trial of five people accused of murdering Craig Yorke.
CCTV footage captured Jack Lawson arriving in Eldon Lane with his co-accused before Jack Richardson’s car followed them up the quiet lane.
Following the fatal stabbing, Lawson told someone he had "just given it" after he posted the picture of the bloodied knife on his lap as he drove away from the scene.
The 28-year-old suffered three stab wounds with one to the chest proving fatal, Teesside Crown Court heard.
Lawson has admitted the manslaughter of Mr Yorke but denies committing murder.
However, in police interviews recorded after his arrest on December 14 last year the 18-year-old offered up a pre-written statement before answering ‘no comment’ to the vast majority of subsequent questions.
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The contents of the interviews were read out to jurors where he denied he or his friends had any ‘chew’ with anyone around the time of the alleged murder.
The 18-year-old had spent several hours trying to organise a one-on-one fight with Mr Richardson, who was a friend of Mr Yorke, before eventually meeting up in Eldon Lane, the jury had heard.
During his police interview, Lawson told officers that he didn’t arm himself with a knife or weapons.
When asked whether there would be traces of Mr Yorke’s DNA in his car the teenager told officers that he would not be forensically linked to the alleged victim.
In a further interview, the officer asked whether he was responsible for inflicting the fatal injuries. He replied: “No.”
He continued: “Did you stab him or did one of your friends?” Again, he replied: “No.”
The teenager denied that they had all acted together to attack Mr Yorke and denied taking part in any assault on him.
He also denied that he had taken part in an organised fight between the two disagreeing parties.
His four co-accused, Connor Vint, Marley Roles, Harry Brown and a teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, have all denied murder and manslaughter.
Roles made a series of no comment responses during his first police interview before handing over a prepared statement.
He denied the allegation of murder but accepted that he was in the area at the time of the incident.
The teenager, also submitted a written statement to police where he denied being responsible for the alleged murder adding that he does not know who Mr Yorke is.
Vint made no comment responses in all of his police interviews, the jury heard.
The final defendant, Harry Brown, offered a prepared statement where he denied any involvement in the murder or assault of Mr Yorke and then invoke his right to silence.
The jury heard how weapons, balaclavas and gloves had been recovered from the scene and arrest locations and a forensic specialist will give evidence about the items later in the hearing.
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She said the stab wound to the chest was the one that proved fatal after it punctured his right lung.
Lawson, of Surtees Drive, Willington, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denies murder.
His co-accused, Vint, 18, of Constantine Road, North Bitchburn, Crook, 20-year-old Roles, of Clement Way, Willington, Brown, 19, of Hill Meadows, Willington, and the 17-year-old, all deny murder and manslaughter.
The trial continues.
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