A murder accused admitted he’d made a ‘bad choice’ after being caught in the back of a lorry hundreds of miles away in the aftermath of the killing.
Abdul Babar, 19, is one of five men on trial accused of murdering 30-year-old Sadiq Al-Lami in Didsbury. Mr Al-Lami was stabbed 11 times during a fight on Kingsway after a ‘high speed pursuit’ involving his and another Mercedes, Minshull Street Crown Court has heard.
The altercation broke out after a black Mercedes C200 containing five men parked next to Mr Al-Lami's grey Mercedes E220 after 1am on January 23 this year.
Sultan Bakr, 22, Sikander Babar, 24, his brother, Abdul Babar, 19, Noraiz Kamal, 18, and Yousaf Ahmed, 24, all deny the charge.
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