A security guard "did not have a chance" of surviving a well-organised ambush on the streets of Keighley, a Court heard.

A jury was told how Qadir Ahmed suffered 28 separate wounds from a selection of weapons after his car was rammed off the road by a gang of waiting attackers.

Yesterday at Leeds Crown Court, the prosecution began summing up its case against seven men accused of conspiring to murder the 24-year-old.

Jennifer Kershaw, QC, said there was no doubt a conspiracy was formed, but added: "The issue which arises is, who was a member of it? Was it all or any of these defendants?"

She said it was the Crown's case every one of them, probably along with others, staged the ambush on February 13 last year. "This plainly involved a significant level of organisation," said Mrs Kershaw, highlighting how the killers acquired weapons, vehicles and balaclavas before choosing the ideal time and place in which to strike.

A medical expert, Professor Chris Milroy, said Mr Ahmed, from Gordon Street, Keighley, was attacked with four types of weapon, including a knife, a baseball bat-type object and an axe - the latter causing his fatal head wound, said Mrs Kerhsaw. She said one defendant, Amjad Ali Azam, bought a number of axes before the attack and an identical tool was later examined by Prof Milroy.

"He was satisfied an axe like that caused the injury which caused his death," said Mrs Kershaw. She recounted how some of Mr Ahmed's attackers gathered in a car park at Keighley Leisure Centre - "a very good place to wait in the dark for Qadir Ahmed to drive past" - aware he would emerge from playing football at 11pm.

Speaking of the ambush she said: "It was planned and thought about in advance. It actually worked rather well. Qadir Ahmed didn't stand a chance."

All the defendants deny conspiring to murder Mr Ahmed. They are: Zulfiqar Asif, 23, of Bradford Road, Keighley; Amjad Ali Azam, 21, of Surrey Street, Keighley; Mohammed Iqbal, 24, of Salt Street, Manningham, Bradford; Perveez Ashraf, 26, of Victoria Park, View, Keighley; Zahir Bashir, 27, of Emley Street, Keighley; Mohammed Rafiq, 21, of Chatsworth Street, Keighley; and Atif Younis, 22, of Buxton Street, Keighley.

The trial continues.