A chef was 'full of rage' as he brandished a knife in a pub car park moments before a man was stabbed to death, a jury was told.

Mark Webster was struck by a stab wound seconds after Leroy Griffith had made thrusting actions towards others with a 5in blade, Leeds Crown Court heard yesterday.

Griffith, 37, who ran the Caribbean cook shop takeaway from a layby near Addingham, denies murdering Mr Webster and two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm on April 1.

Giving evidence, Gareth Hopwood said he had seen Griffith arguing with a woman, Rebecca Holmes, as he left through a back door of the Fleece Inn at Addingham at about 1am.

He said Griffith then moved his black Suzuki Vitara 4x4 to the front of the pub shortly afterwards where Miss Holmes had met up with friends in a crowded car park.

"He was full of rage. He wasn't directing it at anyone in particular just whoever got in his way," said Mr Hopwood. "He was shouting and swearing and being abusive."

Earlier, Holly Uttley told the jury that she had seen Griffith holding the knife minutes before Mr Webster was stabbed.

"People were trying to get him to put the knife down. He was waving it in the air to get people away from him. I saw Mark, he was obviously distressed and you could see blood coming from his chest. He then collapsed by the side of a car. I screamed and ran to my boyfriend shouting 'Mark's been stabbed'".

Julian Goose QC, prosecuting, had earlier told the jury that Mr Webster, a 21-year-old plumber died within two minutes of being stabbed.

The blade sank four inches into his body severing an artery near his heart.

Miss Uttley's boyfriend Adam Renton told how he had tried to persuade Griffith to go home after spotting him pursuing Miss Holmes outside the pub.

He just pushed straight past me and Holly.

"I told him never to push either of us again but he didn't seem to be listening and walked off."

The trial continues.