A former bouncer at Champions Club described the killing of Jermaine (Red) Pitcher as ?ruthless? yesterday in Supreme Court.

Keniel Alfred Ingham, 33, of Warwick, is charged with unlawfully killing Mr. Pitcher outside of Champions Club on Reid Street over four years ago.

Director of Public Prosecutions Vinette Graham-Allen alleged on the first day of the trial that Mr. Pitcher died after he was in a fight with the defendant and two other men who are not on trial ? Jamal (Knolly) Robinson and Ryan (Tiger) Ball.

Yesterday a former bouncer at the club, Eric Wallace, told the court that he saw three men exit a grey BMW and ?go after? Mr. Pitcher.

He said that one of the three men had a large knife while walking towards Mr. Pitcher with the other two following behind.

Mr. Wallace said the man with the knife was swinging the knife at Mr. Pitcher but he missed.

He said Mr. Pitcher pulled out a ?piece of material with a weight on the end? and swung it at the man with the knife.

When Mr. Pitcher missed him, the man chopped him in the head or neck with the knife, Mr.Wallace said.

Mr. Pitcher then fell towards the man with the knife. Mr. Wallace said that the other two men grabbed the dying man and started punching him. The man with the knife then grabbed Mr. Pitcher?s jacket and stabbing him again.

?It was ruthless ... crazy,? said Mr. Wallace.

Earlier in the trial the court heard that Ingham and Ball received severe injuries from the fight.

Alexandra Dowling, who was at the club on the night of the incident and knew the defendant well, testified that she saw Ingham, Ball and Robinson beat up a man she knew as ?Shane? and leave him lying on the ground unconscious. She said that Pitcher intervened in the fight and that he had a rope with some metal on the end of it, which he was swinging around.

Ms Dowling said she went to attend to ?Shane? and when she looked again she saw Ball walking down the street towards his car while Robinson and Ingham were still fighting with Mr. Pitcher.

Moments later she said that she saw something shiny, metal, and about a foot long in Ball?s hand ? Ball was now walking towards the fight, she added.

Dowling said that she began talking to her cousins and really did not see that much more of the fight.

Later, she said, that Ball and Ingham ? both bleeding ? were leaning against her, waiting for the ambulance to come.

Forensic pathologist Dr. John Obafunwa, who performed the autopsy on Mr. Pitcher, told the court that Mr. Pitcher died from accumulation of air in the lungs and severe blood loss due to multiple stab wounds. His testimony will continue today in front of Justice Ian Kawaley.