A WOMAN passing Ridgeway School saw Henry Webster's attacker stash a hammer inside his jacket as he ran away.

Giving evidence during day 13 of the trial of four teenagers who are accused of attacking Henry with a hammer, Wendy Stephens said an Asian man hid his face with his hood as he ran out of the tennis courts at the Wroughton school.

"Children were swarming from the school to the tennis courts," said Mrs Stephens.

"With the first blow my eyes fixed on the attacker.

"I jumped out of my car and started screaming: Stop. Stop what you're doing'.

"I started running towards it, hoping the attack would stop.

"I got to the entrance of the tennis courts and I screamed somebody help' as I was running towards the attack.

"Then I saw the attacker running past me. And he hid his face from me.

"He had a black hoodie on. He put his hood up and was hiding his face from me.

"As I glanced at him I saw him hide the hammer in his jacket.

"At that point I noticed his top. It had a distinctive and' sign on it. The symbol was big and took up most of the back of the jacket."

Wasif Khan, 18, of Caversham Close, Amjad Qazi, 19, of Broad Street, a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, have all denied wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

The jury at Bristol Crown Court has heard that when police arrested Wasif Khan in Broad Street, less than half an hour after the attack, he was carrying a plastic bag, containing a black Dolce and Gabbana jacket with a white ampersand logo covering the back.

In the witness box yesterday, Mrs Stephens also said she saw a group of Asian males arrive at the school in a white car, shortly before the assault on 15-year-old Henry.

"I saw a car driving towards the school, going near and then turning back," she said.

"It looked like a Ford Escort. I think it was white.

"It had four males in it."

Mrs Stephens said a few moments later she saw a group of Asian men near her car, before they entered the tennis courts.

She recalled: "About five or six Asian men walked down the road, one of them knocked my wing mirror. I didn't say anything because I felt intimidated and had young children in the car.

"They were stood around for a while, then they went into the tennis courts."

  • The trial continues