CCTV of home being attacked by gang led to murders innocent teenagers,

CCTV footage of a home being attacked by a masked gang led to a 'revenge' attack on two boys mistakenly believed to have carried it out, a court has heard.

Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, were fatally attacked on Ilminster Avenue, in the Knowle West area of Bristol, on the evening of January 27 this year.

The friends were stabbed to death after being wrongly identified as the culprits of an attack on a house in the Hartcliffe area earlier in the evening, it is alleged.

Five defendants, including Riley Tolliver, 18, and Anthony Snook, 45, and three teenagers aged 15, 16 and 17, are on trial for murder at Bristol Crown Court. 

A jury heard how the defendants drove to the neighbouring suburb of Knowle 'tooled up' looking for revenge.

CCTV shows men brandishing machetes outside the property, throwing bricks at the windows, and injuring a woman inside the house.

The jury was told there had been 'incidents' in the past between the Hartcliffe BS13 and Knowle BS4 postcodes, which was said to be behind the feud.

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Prosecutor Ray Tully KC said: 'Three people had turned up at the address and were responsible for attacking it by throwing bricks at the home.

'They had broken some windows and a mum had been injured as a result of bricks thrown.'

He said the defendants then got into a car driven by Snook and went looking for those responsible.

He added: 'They were tooled up and had pretty fearsome weapons with them.

'As the five set off - they were on the hunt - out looking for people they thought had been responsible for the attack on the house.

'They set off together on a joint mission - that joint mission was one of revenge.'

Mr Tully said as they drove around a street in Knowle they passed Max and Mason coming out of the house.

CCTV footage captured by a camera on Mason's home shows people in an Audi Q2 car attacking Mason and Max before getting back into the car and then driving away.

The clip, lasting for two and a half minutes, was played to the jury in the trial of Snook, Tolliver and the three teenage boys, which opened at Bristol Crown Court on Wednesday, October, 2. 

Mr Tully said Snook 'waited' for them and acted as their 'getaway' driver.

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He added: 'They thought they had spotted the people they believed responsible for the attack on the house - or at least connected with it in some way.

'They were entirely wrong about that - Max and Mason had nothing whatsoever to do with the attack on the property.'

Mason Rist and Max were both stabbed in the attack that lasted just 33 seconds.

Both suffered stab wounds that the court heard were 'unsurvivable' and died in hospital a short while later.

Mr Tully said Snook 'waited' for them and acted as their 'getaway' driver.

The jury was told the 15-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to the murder of Mason but denied the murder of Max.

Another boy, 17, has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Max Dixon, 16, but denied both charges of murder. The three other defendants deny all charges.

Mr Tully added: 'The prosecution case is they acted jointly - they were all jointly responsible for what took place.

'In the street, each of them played different roles - but we say they were involved in the attacks together - and in it together, acting together.'

The trial continues.