THE brother of a man stabbed in the throat has told a jury what he witnessed in the aftermath of the knifing outside a Newport nightclub.

Cardiff Crown Court heard Keiron Roberts reveal how a doctor said Preston Roberts was “two minutes from death” after being attacked outside La Bamba.

Christopher Smith denies the attempted murder of Preston Roberts, and wounding his brother Keiron Roberts with intent in the early hours of Easter Monday.

The 23-year-old has pleaded guilty to wounding Preston Roberts with intent by thrusting a knife into his throat and wounding Keiron Roberts, 21, by stabbing him in the head.

Prosecutor Ieuan Bennett told the jury how Smith, of Mallard Way, Duffryn, Newport, had launched a “revenge attack” on Preston Roberts, also 23, on April 2. 

He said the defendant mistakenly thought he was an aggressor after he was assaulted by a group of other men outside the same club the night before.

The prosecution claim Preston Roberts had been a peacemaker and had urged Smith to go home.

Keiron Roberts told the court he was driven to La Bamba in the early hours of Monday April 2, by friend Christopher Hooper after his brother had asked him to bring him proof of identification. 

Asked by Mr Bennett what he had seen, he said: “I saw a commotion in the doorway at the front of La Bamba. I saw this boy jumping around, all hyped up.

“I thought he tried to punch my brother. I then saw my brother’s neck, and blood, where he had stabbed him.

“I then felt something bang me on the side of my head.”

Mr Bennett asked him: “Did you see anything in his (Smith’s) hand?”

Keiron Roberts replied: “I was more worried about my brother dying to tell you the truth.

“I got straight in the car with my brother and took him to the Royal Gwent Hospital. He (Smith) hit me and ran off.

He said Mr Hooper sped them to the hospital in an Audi A4 he was driving and after they got there, Keiron Roberts said: “A doctor said it was lucky – if we had got there two minutes later, he (Preston Roberts) wouldn’t have made it.” 

Proceeding.