A drug addict’s plan to steal heroin went tragically wrong when he was stabbed in an alleyway by a teenage dealer, a court heard.

Luke Brocklebank suffered six wounds in the “frenzied” attack and died about four hours later, a jury was told.

Dominic Connolly, prosecuting, said no witnesses saw Ikikibiya Manuel knife the 26-year-old victim in the alleyway in Canterbury.

But Manuel, 19, told two girls soon afterwards he was on business in the city when a man pulled a knife on him.

He added he then pulled out a knife and stabbed the man after he “lost it” and “went mad”.

Mr Brocklebank was on his cycle on April 16 when he met up with another heroin addict, Klaus Wilks, in the town centre.

As they walked along, he told Mr Wilks he was on his way to meet a dealer but did not intend to pay for heroin because he had no money.

Mr Brocklebank said he was going to con the dealer into thinking he was going to pay before running off.

Mr Wilks wanted no part of it as he was supplied by the same dealer, a black man from London.

As they reached the meeting point, an alleyway between Brymore Road and Forrester Close, behind the Sturry Road, Mr Brocklebank took a swig of cider from Mr Wilks’s can and cycled off, saying: “See you in a bit.”

Soon afterwards, Mr Wilks heard a scream and ran towards the alley. As he reached the end, he almost bumped into Manuel, known as Kiki.

Manuel, who was working as a dealer’s runner, said to him: “Is that what you are on, Klaus?” He then walked into Forrester Close, where he was living.

"Klaus Wilks could see Luke Brocklebank in the grassy area,” said Mr Connolly. “He was stumbling and had blood on his chest. He fell to the floor.
“He shouted: 'Call an ambulance, I am f------ dying. I am getting pins and needles and I can’t breathe.”

Manuel, of Bettwin Road, Camberwell, south-east London, denies murder.
The trial continues.