Laughing-gas gathering at home led to machete slaying

A gathering at a home where laughing gas was being passed around ended in a bloody machete murder, a court was told this week.

- by Nick Frame

Mr Kwashira died after being stabbed with a machete at a property in Winrose Avenue, Belle Isle. A teenager is on trial for his murder.

Saymore Kwashira was struck with such force during the brutal attack that the long blade severed part of his ear and skull.

Teenager Romaine James is on trial at Leeds Crown Court this week, charged with the bloody murder which took place at an address of Winrose Avenue, Belle Isle, in the early hours of November 11 last year.