The trial of three men accused of killing a man in Brentwood High Street continues today.
Clive Mundoma, 19, of Brentwood, Wilson Lourenco, a 20-year-old sales rep from Cheviot Drive, in Chelmsford and Bernard Ampaw, 19 from Wombridge Road, Telford in Shropshire stand accused of murdering Francis Ntena Nsiangangu, 31.
The men deny all charges.
Mr Nsiangangu, also known as Casper, was found in Tower Hill, Brentwood, on Saturday, September 27 last year.
A post-mortem examination revealed he died from a knife wound to his heart.
The trial, which is being heard at Chelmsford Crown Court, continues.
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