A VICTIM of a knife attack in a city centre flat refused to tell police who had assaulted him because he’s “not a grass”, a court has heard.

Lee Jackson was giving evidence on the second day of a trial at Ipswich Crown Court, where Alex Potter and Bibi Stone say they acted in self-defence when Mr Jackson was stabbed last year.

It is alleged Stone, 38, and Potter, 32, went to Mr Jackson’s address in St John’s Avenue in Colchester and smashed a window before Potter stabbed the complainant in the ribs twice with a five-inch kitchen knife.

Defendant - Alex Potter has been on remand since the incident

The dispute was said to have arisen after a disagreement over payments which came from a PlayStation account linked to Mr Jackson after he had sold the console to the couple.

Under cross-examination from Oliver Snodin, defending for Potter, Mr Jackson admitted he lied to police and said two white males in their 20s were behind for the attack.

Mr Snodin said: “The prosecution has asked you about the questions police were asking you when you were at the hospital – we can agree that when police asked you who was responsible you said ‘two fellas’.”

Mr Jackson responded: “I knew who they were but I am not a grass, like I said yesterday.”

Mr Snodin continued: “You said ‘I don’t know them’ – you were saying things to the police like ‘I never forget a face’.

“You swore on your daughter’s life you didn’t know who they were.”

Mr Jackson responded: “No I never – I would never swear on my kid’s life, so don’t lie.

“I knew who they were – someone else grassed them up.

“I didn’t phone the police, I didn’t phone the ambulance.”

It was put to Mr Jackson that he had threatened to harm Stone and Potter’s daughter in the days before the attack, to which the complainant replied: “No – why would I get their kid involved?”

Bailed - Bibi Stone outside court on the first day of the trialBailed - Bibi Stone outside court on the first day of the trial (Image: Daniel Rees, Newsquest)

Mr Snodin replied: “You were angry about the money you thought were owed – you were desperate for that money.”

Mr Jackson said: “Because it was my money, but it’s not the kid’s fault, is it?”

Stone of Tony Webb Close, Colchester, and Potter, of Deck Close, Colchester, deny grievous bodily harm, criminal damage, and burglary.

The trial continues.