The Supreme Court heard yesterday how a fight outside a party shortly before Christmas in 2021 ended in the death of the footballer Osagi Bascome.

Raheem Wray, 27, from Devonshire, has denied a charge that he murdered the 23-year-old in an incident in St David’s on December 18, 2021.

As the trial began, prosecutor Kael London told the court that Mr Bascome was killed senselessly in a fight outside Fun Zone in Southside.

“Following what appeared to be a verbal argument between the defendant and the deceased, the defendant would have stabbed the defendant and then left the scene,” Mr London said.

“The deceased was rushed to the hospital, but despite medical intervention, he succumbed to his injuries.”

Mr London told the jury that the case came down to a matter of identification.

Jakia Minors told the court that she and a friend had attended the party at Fun Zone after leaving another party at the White Horse Pub & Restaurant in St George’s.

She said that as the party was ending and everyone was leaving, she saw a fight break out in the street outside.

Ms Minors said that the fight appeared to be between Mr Bascome, whom she knew from the St David’s community, and another man, whom she did not know personally but had seen on social media.

“As it pressed on, the fight became larger,” she said. “People started jumping in for both parties.”

She estimated that as many as seven people had been involved in the altercation. and while she could not recognise most, she did identify someone who she said she was later told went by the nickname “Rah-Rah”.

Ms Minors said Rah-Rah had joined in the fight against Mr Bascome, and that she had noticed he was wearing yellow and black sneakers, black jeans and a thick, bedazzled belt.

She said she turned away from the fight to put on her jacket and helmet to ride home, and when she turned back the crowd was scattering from the area.

Ms Minors said that she saw Rah-Rah in a car leaving the area, yelling with his head out of the vehicle’s left back window, but she did not hear what he was saying.

She told the court that she did not talk to anyone about the fight until she saw on social media that Mr Bascome had died and she was contacted by police.

Jerome Lynch, KC, counsel for Mr Wray, suggested that the man whom she referred to as “Rah-Rah” was not involved in the fight, but she maintained that he was.

The jury also heard evidence from a forensic support unit officer, who attended the scene hours after the fatal fight.

Along with several photographs of blood on the street, the jury were shown images of a bloodstained yellow sweatshirt that was worn by the victim with two holes on the left side.

Another photograph showed Mr Bascome’s body, including puncture wounds to the left side of his stomach and chest.

The trial continues.

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