Teenager 'boasted over murder'

Mr Kelly was found dead outside the Longacre Tavern

A teenager boasted of murdering a man days after he allegedly stabbed the father-of-two outside a pub on New Year's Day, a court has heard.

Nathan Dixon, 18, was seen to launch a "frenzied attack", prosecutor Neil Ford told Bristol Crown Court.

Dixon denies murdering Paul Kelly, 32, who was repeatedly stabbed outside the Longacre Tavern in Bath in January 2007.

Glaswegian Mr Kelly had lived in Bath for several years.

'Frenzied attack'

Mr Ford said Mr Dixon, of Cox Lee Drive, Bath, later told a friend: "I'm a 187" - the Californian penal code for first degree murder.

Mr Kelly was with friends at the pub in the city's London Road, when an argument broke out between his friend Stuart Benham and a group of black men and women, the jury heard.

Mr Ford said: "Mr Benham pulled away and returned to the bar where he told Paul Kelly what had happened."

Mr Ford said many witnesses would give different accounts of what they saw on New Year's Day 2007.

One witness, Jessica Jones, saw the defendant launch a "frenzied attack" on Mr Kelly, Mr Ford said.

He added: "She saw him (Mr Dixon) strike Mr Kelly several times to the chest and stomach areas.

"She describes the affect of the attack as seeing Paul Kelly take a couple of steps forward and then fell face down and didn't move again."

Mr Ford said some witnesses heard someone at the scene shouting racial abuse at the black people nearby.

Mr Dixon was charged with murder on 19 January, Mr Ford said.

Post-mortem examinations revealed Mr Kelly died as a result of multiple stab wounds.

The trial continues.