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image captionHarry Baker sustained stab wounds to the stomach and skull, jurors have heard
A teenager who was knifed through the brain by an armed and deadly gang was the head boy drug dealer in Barry, a court has heard.
Harry Baker, 17, had made connections with older, more established dealers, witness Natasha Allt told Newport Crown Court.
Harry, from Cardiff, was found dead in a shipping container yard in Barry Docks, in August 2019.
Six men and a boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, deny his murder.
Under cross-examination Ms Allt, who witnessed an ambush some of the defendants are said to have carried out on Harry and his friend before they were chased to Barry Docks, said he had been dealing drugs to her mother.
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image captionHarry Baker was chased for about a mile by the armed gang before being stabbed and left to die, prosecutors claim
There was mayhem outside a flat Harry Baker had stayed at in the hours before he was fatally stabbed, a court heard.
People were jumping in and out of windows and someone was trying to kick the front door in , in Barry, neighbour Timothy Windsor told a jury.
Another neighbour told Newport Crown Court how she was slapped in the face with a machete by a man waiting to ambush Harry.
Six men and a boy deny murdering Harry, of Cardiff, in August 2019.