A WITNESS in the Jimmy Mizen murder trial says the man accused of killing him was "walking with a swagger" after the incident.

Philip Lloyd, a customer in the Three Cooks Bakery in Lee on May 10 last year, saw the row between defendant Jake Fahri and Mizen brothers, Jimmy, aged 16, and Harry, now 19.

Mr Lloyd told the jury that Fahri was "loudly and violently verbally abusing Jimmy Mizen" - shouting "think you are a big man?" and "I will show you how big you are".

He said the defendant was "within inches" of Jimmy's face but that the schoolboy did not react except from saying "who are you and what's this about?"

The court heard how Fahri then left the shop after shouting "buy your sandwiches or whatever and I will be waiting for you outside".

Mr Lloyd claims he then tried to stop Fahri from re-entering the shop by standing in the doorway with his arms out-stretched.

He said: "I told him 'please leave the shop. You are not wanted in here. You are causing a disturbance. Go home'."

The Old Bailey then heard how Fahri barged past Mr Lloyd before turning to get within inches of the witness's face, saying: "Don't you touch me. That's the worst thing you can do."

Mr Lloyd went on to say that Fahri then picked up two plastic drink bottles and hit both Jimmy and Harry on the head with them using a "windmill action" with his arms.

He claimed this led the brothers to barge Fahri into a drinks cabinet, smashing the glass, before they bundled him onto the pavement and closed the doors.

Mr Lloyd says the defendant continued to shout at the Mizen brothers yelling "come outside" before smashing the front door with an advertising board and chasing the pair behind the shop counter while "swinging" the board.

The witness then left the bakery to phone the police from the chemist's shop next door, but says he bumped into Jimmy's older brother, Tommy, on the way.

He continued: "Just after I left the shop I was approached by a young man with dark blondish hair who asked me what was going on in the shop.

"The accused then came out of the shop. He was walking with a swagger."

Mr Lloyd added: "It was only later that I found out that Jimmy Mizen had died."

Jury members later heard from passer-by Paul Jackson who said Fahri "looked like he was gearing himself up for something" while he was stood outside the shop.

He added: "His shoulders were up. He was speaking like a rude-boy. He was very agitated."

Jimmy Mizen died when his jugular was cut after a glass dish was thrown at him - breaking as it hit his neck.

Fahri, aged 19, of Milborough Crescent, Lee, denies murder and says he was acting in self-defence.

The trial continues.