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Tagger Pihema Cameron and a friend were today accused of "ambushing" murder accused Bruce Emery moments before he allegedly stabbed the teenager to death.
Emery's lawyer Chris Comeskey told Cameron's friend, a 16 year-old who has name suppression, they both "lured" Emery into a dark street.
Mr Comeskey said the teenagers were acting aggressively and sprayed Emery with paint that choked and blinded him.
Bruce Emery is on trial at the High Court at Auckland for the murder of a 15-year-old tagger, Pihema Cameron.
He is accused of stabbing Cameron in the heart on January 26 after he had been tagging several properties along Mahia Rd, the Manurewa street where they both lived.
Emery denies the murder charge and says he was defending himself.
Mr Comeskey put it to the witness Cameron moved onto the knife Emery was holding but the witness said that wasn't true.
"He moved onto the knife and then he moved backwards," he said.
The witness: "That's not what I saw."
Mr Comeskey said he couldn't be sure what he saw, or remembered, because he was so affected by cannabis and alcohol.
The witness said that wasn't true, that he "saw the knife go in".
Mr Comeskey said Emery couldn't see because he was choking and blinded by spraypaint.
The trial continues.
