Timeline of Max Dixon and Mason Rist murders as five found guilty

Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16 were attacked and killed in Knowle West on the night of January 27, 2024. Five people have today been found guilty of murdering the teens.

Antony Snook, Riley Tolliver and three boys now aged 15, 16 and 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons, have been found guilty of their murders by a jury this afternoon.

BristolLive reports how the five worked ‘like a five-a-side team’, with Snook as the driver and the four teenagers ‘hunting as a pack’. The court heard how the attack was a misguided revenge for an attack on a house in Hartcliffe just an hour or so earlier.

The two teenagers tragically had nothing whatsoever to do with the events in Hartcliffe - they had been in their own homes all evening playing on a computer game and only went out to go to the local takeaway.

Below is a timeline of how the Knowle West attacks unfolded.

Saturday January 27, 2024

10:07pm : Three men armed with machetes throw bricks at the windows of a property in Hartcliffe, injuring a woman. The attack is captured on CCTV.

10:48pm : Antony Snook, 45, and a 16-year-old return to Hartcliffe from Swindon in Snook’s Audi Q2. They had bought a mobile phone.

10:57pm : Snook, the 16-year-old and a 17-year-old leave the Hartcliffe property in Snook’s car. They pick up a 15-year-old and Riley Tolliver, 18, from a nearby street. Three are armed with machetes while Tolliver has a baseball bat. They head to the rival Knowle West district.

11:13pm : The Audi arrives in Ilminster Avenue, Knowle West.

11:13pm : Max calls round to his friend Mason’s home in Ilminster Avenue. They leave the property almost immediately. Within seconds the Audi drives past the friends, turns around, and heads back towards them.

11:14pm : The Audi stops and the four armed teenagers get out and chase after Max and Mason. The attack on the two boys lasts just 33 seconds. The car then leaves the scene. The 15-year-old and Tolliver are dropped off.

11:21pm : Snook and the 16 and 17-year-old return to the Hartcliffe property. Within minutes items of clothing are being burned in the back garden.

11:29pm : Snook arrives back at his home address on Dowling Road.

Sunday January 28

0:12am : Mason arrives at Bristol Children’s Hospital.

0:15am : Snook is arrested at his home address.

0:33am : Max arrives at Southmead Hospital.

0:49am : Mason is declared dead.

1:02am : Max is declared dead.

1:08am : The 16 and 17-year-old travel to a block of flats in a taxi. They arrive 15 minutes later.

5:07am : The 16-year-old leaves the flat.

5:22am : The 16-year-old returns carrying McDonald’s takeaway and drinks.