Ahmaud Arbery trial: Accused killed the 25-year-old on assumptions, says prosecutor

Prosecutor Linda Dunikoski speaks during opening statements in the trial of Greg McMichael, his son Travis McMichael, and a neighbour, William ‘Roddie’ Bryan at Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia (Octavio Jones/Pool Photo via AP)

White men in pickup trucks chased Ahmaud Arbery for five minutes, and one threatened to shoot him, as they cut off his escape from a subdivision and ultimately killed the 25-year-old black man with a shotgun, a US prosecutor has told a jury.

In her opening statement, prosecutor Linda Dunikoski said the short mobile phone video that stirred national outrage over the killing in Georgia gave only a glimpse of the attack on Mr Arbery, who gave his pursuers no reason to suspect him of any wrongdoing.