The intended target of a botched robbery which led to the death of a 64-year-old man had posted photos of gold, cash and watches on social media.
A murder trial at Winchester Crown Court heard how Braden Lynam had been 'showing off' several valuable items in videos and pictures on Instagram before the tragic incident.
Five masked men went to Mr Lynam's block in Warburton Road to steal the goods - but took a wrong turn at the top of the stairs and went to Mark Noke's home by mistake, the jury heard.
The 64-year-old was stabbed in the chest and died on his kitchen floor before he could be taken to hospital, with his final words being on the phone to 999 pleading for an ambulance.
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Giving evidence on day two of the trial yesterday, Mr Lynam said: “I used to show money and jewellery.
"That was public so everyone could see it. I was just showing off the cash I had.
"Gold, cash, watches, that sort of thing. [There has] been a few videos of cannabis on there.
"There was around £3,500. I work cash in hand for my dad."
He added that around a week before Mark Noke’s death, he had argued with his mother’s boyfriend on the phone, “shouting abuse at each other” and threatening to stab each other.
Four Southampton men - Keiran Claffey, 29, of Keynsham Road; Aaron Morgan, 32, of Bursledon Road; Bradley O'Dell, 22, of West Park Road; Justin Roach, 40, of Chapel Road and Leighton Tabone, 24, of no fixed abode are accused of murder and manslaughter.
Morgan, O’Dell, Roach and Tabone are also accused of conspiracy to rob.
Claffey has already pleaded guilty to this charge.
Two more men are charged with conspiracy to rob but are not involved in this trial.
Morgan’s girlfriend, Courtney Malone, also gave evidence yesterday.
She told the jury that Morgan had gone out on February 24 and they had argued over him getting the wrong milk for their baby.
He returned in the early hours of February 25, she said in a blue tracksuit, having left in a grey one.
Ms Malone said on February 26, the day after Mark Noke’s death, that Morgan had been crying.
She said: “He just didn't want to talk to me. I just assumed it was something to do with how we were at the time."
Morgan was arrested on Monday, February 27, the jury heard.
The trial continues.
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