THE brother of Adnan Patel described in court how they were surrounded by a gang before someone delivered two fatal blows to his brother's chest.

Adnan Patel, 21, was surrounded by a gang of 12 men wielding sticks, bricks and knives, in Stewart Road, Leyton, on July 10 last year.

The fight errupted after Mr Patel had accused drug-dealer Clint D'Mello, of Ashlin Road, Stratford, of supplying drugs to his schoolboy brother, Imran.

At the Old Bailey yesterday, Munawwar, one of Mr Patel’s four brothers told the jury about the events that led up to the killing.

The court heard that Mr Patel, Imran, Munawwar and two friends decided to drive around to find D'Mello and "sort it out". They were armed with a baseball bat and golf club.

Munawwar said their Ford Focus car was blocked in Ellingham Road at the junction of Stewart Road by a white transit van and blue BMW and three to four men got out armed with weapons.

He said: “They were armed with poles and bats. All of them were armed. The poles were about two to 2.5 feet long.”

Mark Heywood, prosecuting, asked: “You told the jury you saw D’Mello exit the van and pull out a weapon, in particular a knife. You were asked what you saw when your brother was stabbed. Were you together from the moment he was stabbed until you got back in the car?”

Munawwar answered: “Yes”.

Mr Heywood said: “Did you see any obvious attack on him with a knife?” “No”.

“Who, if anyone, did you see heading in the direction of your brother armed with a knife?”

Munawwar replied: “Clint. Clint definitely went towards my brother.”

D'Mello, 24, appears alongside Akeel Shah, 24, of North Birkbeck Road, Leytonstone, Moheeb Khalid, 20, of Seventh Avenue, Manor Park, and Mohsin Akram, 19, of Bradymead, Beckton.

All deny murder and committing violent disorder.

The court heard that Munawwar said in his police statement he knew it was D’Mello who stabbed his brother and attempted to stab him.

Judge Morris QC asked the witness: “Did you get a look at the face of the person who stabbed him.”

He said: “No because everything was happening so fast and people were trying to attack me at the same time.”

During cross examination, Ian Sterne QC, defending Akram said that there were differences between statements made by Munawwar to the police from his first statement in July until he made his final statement in October.

Mr Sterne said: “You had discussions with people about who you thought was there and other people gave you information about who was there.

"That affected your mind in what you believed happened and why we have a broad range in what you thought happened.

"Did someone tell you Akram was there?”

Munawwar: “No”.

Mr Sterne told the court that in a police interview last September, Munawwar said: “I don’t remember half the people who were there because there were quite a few and everything happened so fast.”

Munawwar told the court that he was reluctant to give a full statement about the events at first because he was due to appear in court, charged with affray for smashing the rear window of the BMW with a baseball bat on the day of the fight.

He pleaded guilty and was sentenced on October 14, then gave a full statement to the police following that.

The trial continues.