article_snippet: Opening the murder trial last year, prosecutor Lisa Wilding QC said the two victims were set upon in the two victims black Ford Fiesta in Montague Road having been trapped by four cars which stopped in front and behind so the two victims had no means of escape.
article_snippet: prosecutor Lisa Wilding QC said: 'The occupants of the four cars that boxed in that lone vehicle got out and ran to the trapped car.
article_snippet: Inside the trapped car were two young men - Josiah Manful and Aaron Carriere. '
article_snippet: Mr Manful managed to get out of the driver's seat to call for help but two young men - Josiah Manful and Aaron Carriere were fatally wounded and were pronounced dead at the scene.
article_snippet: Although there were drugs and cash in the trapped car, only one item was stolen -
article_snippet: The prosecutor said: 'The ferocity of the attack, which was inflicted upon men who were helpless and trapped in their car seats, by a pack of men who surrounded the trapped car, the use of at least two knives, the stab wounds to the neck and torso that killed them, were all intended to cause at least very serious harm and we say was intended to kill them.'
article_snippet: Afterwards, some of the defendants tried to evade capture by dumping cars and fleeing the country in the days after the attack, the court heard.
article_snippet: Manful managed to stagger out of the car but collapsed on the bonnet while Manful friend died in the car.
article_snippet: Manful was apparently worried for Manful safety because at the time of Manful death Manful had a lock knife hidden in Manful boxer shorts, the jury was told.