Bank worker and brother 'murdered man in street'

A BROTHER and sister are accused of murdering a man in the street after a 'brutal' attack in which the victim was stabbed more than 20 times, a court has told.

- CARL JACKSON Court Reporter

Jurors were told Lloyds Bank worker Mya Marsh, aged 23, had arranged to meet Minister Enfrence, 21, near her home in Kings Norton on the morning of November 5 to buy cannabis from him before an altercation broke out.

They were shown CCTV footage of her 'brandishing a kitchen knife' before her brother Isaiah Marsh, 21, arrived and 'grabbed Mr Enfrence in a headlock.

The two men fell to the floor before moving out of camera shot for around a minute.

When they came back into view the jury was told they could see Isaiah 'repeatedly stab' Mr Enfrence after Mya had handed him a knife at some stage.

Both defendants, of Teviot Grove, Kings Norton, deny murder and manslaughter while Isaiah has also pleaded not guilty to possession of a bladed article.

Opening the case at Birmingham Crown Court this week, prosecutor Jenny Josephs KC said: "On the morning of November 5 last year in a small residential housing estate in Kings Norton a man called Minister Enfrence was stabbed in the street.