A father told a jury of his shock and guilt at witnessing a man being attacked at a bus stop and not being able to help.

Chaay Duval was with his three-year-old son in Milton Road, Gravesend, when he saw Neil Davies being repeatedly punched by two men as he lay on the ground.

Mr Duval had just collected his son from nursery when the attack took place shortly before noon on February 10.

One of the assailants, former Northfleet Technology College pupil Brandon Gurr, was armed with a knife and Mr Davies suffered multiple stab wounds to his chest and upper body.

“I shouted ‘Stop, stop’ several times. The black guy didn’t stop. He continued punching” - Neil Davies

He had to be flown by air ambulance to a London’s King’s College Hospital for treatment.

Mr Duval told Maidstone Crown Court he saw one white man on top of another and repeatedly hitting him, before a black man joined in.

In what he described as being “painful to watch”, Mr Duval said: “I was shocked and I wanted to help but I couldn’t because there was no one else to look after my son.

“It’s the sensation of wanting to do something, you feeling guilty and you cannot do anything about it.

“I shouted ‘Stop, stop’ several times. The black guy didn’t stop. He continued punching.”

Mr Duval said the first man struck Mr Davies to his head and body and then “stood aside” while the black man punched him up to 20 times.

They then walked off towards Augustine Road, leaving their victim on the ground.

As others helped Mr Davies, Mr Duval headed towards Augustine Road where he spotted the two men getting into a waiting car and the vehicle driving away.

Gurr, 18, of no fixed address, Mojolaoluwa Oluleye, also 18, of Meadow Road, Gravesend, and Peter Loring, 20, of Hawthorn Road, Strood, deny attempted murder.

Before the start of their trial, Gurr admitted an alternative charge of wounding Mr Davies with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, and an offence of having a bladed article.

“I was screaming: ‘He’s got a knife. Someone help.’ There were two people. One was Brandon and the other was the black person" - Neil Davies

He was dating Mr Davies’s partner’s daughter at the time and on the day of the stabbing had wrongly accused Mr Davies of taking £700 cash from him.

Despite the money being found, the court heard Gurr phoned Oluleye and then followed Mr Davies towards Gravesend town centre from Brown Road, along East Milton Road and finally to Milton Road where the knifing took place.

It is alleged that Oluleye joined Gurr, having been dropped off by a car driven by Loring, and the pair then “ambushed” Mr Davies. Loring is accused of waiting in his vehicle in Augustine Road for Gurr and Oluleye, who were both 17 at the time, to join him.

The jury was told all three were accused of attempted murder despite Gurr being the only one who used a knife and Loring not taking part in the attack itself.

Prosecutor Rowan Jenkins said it was a “joint venture” in which each defendant was responsible for the actions of the other, no matter their role.

As well as Mr Duval’s son, other children were at the bus stop opposite Milton Road Convenience Store, including another three-year-old and a 17-month-old in a pram.

Another witness told the court he saw three men “coming together” in the street and a white man throwing punches and knocking another to the ground but he had not seen the black male assault anyone.

The two men then fled towards a blocked off road.

Mr Davies suffered eight stab wounds to his upper chest, upper left arm, the fold of his right arm, three or four to his back and one to the top of his left buttock.

It is alleged Gurr phoned Mr Davies’s girlfriend, Clare Flame, three days after the stabbing and offered to pay Mr Davies £1,000 if he dropped the charges.

"He was waving the knife around, pointing it at me. It was close enough for me to be worried about it. I was thinking he was going to stab me" - Neil Davies

He denies perverting the course of justice. Oluleye and Loring also deny the same wounding with intent charge admitted by Gurr. Loring denies assisting an offender by driving Gurr and Oluleye away.

Giving evidence from behind screens, Neil Davies said he stayed at Clare Flame’s home and the next morning saw her boyfriend Brandon Gurr was asleep on the sofa downstairs.

Gurr eventually went upstairs and told Mr Davies he wanted to talk.

“He started shouting and getting aggressive, saying I had taken something of his that was in the bathroom,” said Mr Davies.

“I had no clue what he was talking about... He went into the kitchen and came back with a knife. The blade was about 18in. He said he would stab me.

"He was waving the knife around, pointing it at me. It was close enough for me to be worried about it. I was thinking he was going to stab me. He was threatening to stab me ‘for fun’.

"He asked me to strip. My trousers, underwear and top were taken off to show him I didn’t have anything.

“I left. He followed and I was brought back...at knifepoint until he found what he was looking for. He had a different knife - more of a pocket knife.”

Mr Davies described the knife attack on him by Gurr.

He said when he left Clare Flame’s house he went to Milton Road and was about 100 yards from the rugby club when he was suspicious of a Volkswagen Golf car.

“The person who got out was black,” he said. “I was walking towards him. When the attack started the car sped off.

“I decided to cross the road. I noticed Brandon to my right. He had his hood up and something in his hand. I saw the blade of a knife.

“I ran into the middle of the road. I got attacked. There were two people. I remember getting hit, punched and cut. I put my head down to try to protect my face and head.

“I was screaming: ‘He’s got a knife. Someone help.’ There were two people. One was Brandon and the other was the black person.

“I felt blows to my chest, arms, back and face. I remember there was a buggy that had a child in. I wasn’t able to fight back.

“All I remember is people screaming: ‘Stop.’ I remember a woman’s voice. The attack didn’t go on for any more than three minutes.

“It came to an end with me sitting on the floor and them running off. I knew I had been stabbed. I felt warmth running down my back. I could see blood seeping through my jacket.

“Members of the public came and assisted me. I was airlifted to King’s College Hospital.”
Mr Davies said he did not see the black man with a knife.”

Charles Langley, for Gurr, told Mr Davies: “He has pleaded guilty to causing your injuries. He accepts he was in possession of the knife and caused those puncture wounds - eight, maybe nine.”

Mr Davies denied he had lied about some matters and embellished others. He also denied he was carrying a knife, which was found next to him at the scene. He could not explain, he said, how his DNA was found on the knife handle.

But asked if he left Miss Flame’s home carrying a knife, he replied: “I can’t recall. I may have done. I didn’t use it while fighting with Brandon.”

The trial continues.