Two brothers who murdered a teenager in a deliberate hit-and-run attack by crushing him against railings with a white van, a court for murder.
Dwight Callender, 27, and his brother Derrell, 25, are accused of killing 17-year-old Johnson Ndjoli by ramming him with their vehicle in south east London.
The teenager was left in a coma with devastating brain injuries and died seven-and-a-half months later.
The Callender brothers have already been convicted and jailed in 2009 for the attempted murder of Mr Ndjoli and his friend, Mohammed Turay.
They appeared at the Old Bailey today, having since been charged with murder following Mr Ndjoli's death, jurors were told.
Prosecutor Dorian Lovell-Pank QC said they claimed during their first trial that the van had been stolen and used by someone else to carry out the attack, but now their defence had changed.
He told the court: 'They ran that defence before the previous jury and the previous jury didn't believe it.
'Now they are back again, charged with murder and Dwight Callender will be saying yes, I was driving the van and it was attacked by a group of people, one of whom included Mohammed Turay.
‘He says Mr Turay was armed with a gun and Dwight Callender thought he was in danger.
‘He tried to drive away to protect himself and the van and his brother, and during the course of trying to get away he was aware he hit one of the group.’
