A teenager has described a fatal fight in Brockley in which his “brother” was stabbed to death and he was slashed across the face.

Shaquan Fearon, 17, of Crofton Park, died after being knifed outside Spalding House, in Turnham Road, on September 3 last year.

His friend Junior Inneh, 18, was also injured.

The Old Bailey has heard the pair were attacked by two youths armed with kitchen knives.

Two boys, aged 15 and 16, who cannot be named due to their age, deny murder, attempted murder and wounding with intent.

The court was told Mr Inneh, who gave evidence from behind a curtain, saw Shaquan “like a brother” and trusted him immensely.

The jury heard part of a statement from the teenager, who was 17 at the time, saying: “I ran over to Shaq and got really close, I wanted to help him as I saw him like a brother.

“I tried to pull the guy with the bag, he was attacking Shaq. That’s when the guy with the bag ended up getting me on my face because of the way I was trying to help Shaq.

“[He] did a full swing and got me in the face.

MORE TOP STORIES “At the time I didn’t notice because of the adrenaline. When I went to hold my face I realised there was lots of blood. I can’t recall exactly how the knife struck my face.”

Mr Inneh’s trousers were also slashed during the attack, and he demonstrated ‘jabbing motions’ made towards him, allegedly from one of the defendants.

Tyrone Smith, defending, questioned the two defendants’ stature versus 6ft 2in Mr Inneh, who was made to stand for the jury.

Mr Smith said: “You accept you are of big build? You’re a big guy for any age.

“Physically they weren’t really a match for you, were they?”

Mr Inneh replied “no”.

The defence suggested a possible confrontation on the bank holiday weekend, August 31, at New Cross Gate, where Mr Inneh allegedly relayed a message to one of the defendants warning him Shaquan was not happy with him coming to ‘Turnham’, the estate where the attack took place.

Mr Inneh denied the conversation happened, or that it was a catalyst for the fatal event.

But he accepted in the minutes leading up to the attack, both he and Shaquan had tried to grab one of the defendants’ bags, fearing weapons were inside.

Mr Inneh said: “[We tried to stop him] taking out whatever was inside the bag.

“He just dropped his bag very quickly and tried to open it.”

The youth allegedly produced two kitchen knives from the bag.

The trial continues.