‘I was just scared,’ claims stabber

A teenager repeatedly stabbed at birthday party clung onto his childhood friend’s hand as he was rushed to hospital, a court heard. Kasim Hussain, 18, knifed Brendan Blankson, 19, in front of horrified revellers in Cranberry Lane, West Ham, east London on 23 November last year. Hussain turned up with three gate-crashers after learning of the bash when he wished former schoolmate Charlie Crane a happy birthday on Snapchat the night before. Violence erupted when the victim accidentally bumped into…