‘I feared for my life’, says teenage murder suspect

A teenager accused of stabbing a man to death in a park told jurors today (MON) he thought he was being robbed. Kaleb Amponsah, 18, allegedly plunged a knife into the stomach of 27 year-old Ade Afariogun after staring at him aggressively. But Amponsah said that he was on the phone while cycling in Plaistow Park, east London, when Mr Afariogun walked up to him and told him to ‘jump off the bike’. He told jurors: ‘I just assumed he…