The fatally wounded 35-year-old Greg Marshall was able to meet the street but collapsed in a nearby alley and died shortly after, said Rupert Doswell KC, who charged him.
He had opened a charge against 33-year-old Ian James Franklin, who was allegedly killed Marshall early on August 17th last year.
This was the second time two men met each other that night. On the first occasion, Doswell argued that because Franklin had a machete and another weapon, Marshall was able to disarm the machete before Franklin escaped.
Also on the dock at Leeds Crown Court is Jason Rhodes, the second man Franklin is said to have been injured.
Marshall threw away the machete after Franklin and Rhodes picked up the machete. He was then urged by Marshall to place it from Franklin's window just before the fatal stab wound, Doswell argued.
Rhodes called 999 when Marshall collapsed and gave him first aid in the alley when police arrived. He had a wound on the back of his arm.
When paramedics and medical staff tried to save Mr. Marshall's life, Rhodes continues to try and ring Franklin without success, and at one point he says, “If Greg dies, I'll kill you….. “That's what I'm saying.”
Mr. Marshall and Rhodes were at Franklin's home on Roche Avenue, Huntington Road, York, early Saturday, August 17th. Rhodes had previously told Franklin, “Who are you dip (cocaine) friends?”, the ju-describer asked.
Franklin, 33, of Roche Avenue, denied the murder of Marshall, injuries to Rhodes and the fact that he had a knife in public.
Rhodes, 33, without an amended address, denies accusations of carrying a knife in public.
Doswell claimed that Rhodes and Franklin were in contact with each other in the time leading to a fatal attack on debt.
At 4:30am on August 17th, Marshall and Franklin fought on the streets of Roche Avenue, and the 35-year-old twisted his weapon from his hand. Franklin was followed by Mr. Marshall, followed by Rhodes.
At 4:43am, Marshall and Rhodes arrived on bikes back into the street, warning residents who began screaming and recording their actions on their cell phones.
“All of a sudden,” Doswell claimed, Marshall got off his bike and ran into the garden of Franklin. He was unarmed.
“Several voices were screaming, including a woman's voice, and a few seconds later there were screams and bangs, then yelling loudly,” the lawyer said.
Mr. Marshall ran through the garden, followed by Rhodes and Franklin.
“Both are pursued at speed by Franklin. Franklin says he had a long, sparkling item in his hand,” Doswell told the ju judge.
Marshall died at York Hospital within 40 minutes of flying out of the garden.
He was stabbed three times in the chest, penetrating both lungs, with seven round wounds on his face and neck, and four defensive wounds on his wrist and hand.
“In total, the injury is in line with at least 13 use of his knife,” Doswell said.
Police discovered a knife that prosecutors believe to be a murder weapon and sank into the water in the sink of Franklin's house.
They also found machetes in the house that contained the DNA of different people, including Marshall, whom Doswell claimed.
Franklin was not injured when he was arrested at his sister's house later that day.
He had two or three men claimed to police “a swinging weapon armed with metal poles, machetes and knifes,” knocking on the door right after midnight. His partner was out and he had to follow her to help her.
Doswell alleged that Rhodes had been “intrusted and abused” by police after refusing to tell him anything shortly after Marshall's death.
The trial continues.
