A man told police how the car in which he was travelling was rammed four times by another vehicle.

Security guard Nasar Ali, 20, was in the car with 24-year-old murder victim Qadir Ahmed when it was struck.

A jury at Leeds Crown Court heard yesterday that the car was rammed twice in the car park at Keighley Leisure Centre and twice on the road outside.

Barrister Alistair Webster QC, defending Zulfiqar Asif, read to the jury a police statement given by Mr Ali on the night of Mr Ahmed's death - February 13, 2002.

"I walked out of the leisure centre with Qadir. He jumped into the car, I got into the passenger side. We drove down the exit towards Bradford Road. I saw, 30 yards ahead, a car parked with lights on. I couldn't tell what sort of car it was. We slowed down to see what was happening when we were hit at the rear by what I presumed was another car."

Mr Webster said Mr Ali had earlier told the jury their vehicle had been hit before he saw the car parked up. When asked why he had told the police otherwise, he said: "They must've misheard me".

His statement continued: "Our car shot forward about five yards. Not knowing what was happening, Qadir drove his car on to the pavement, past the stationary car on its right hand side and drove straight out onto Bradford Road and turned left.

"I turned around and saw a silver Volvo. I looked into the Volvo. Four occupants were wearing balaclavas on their heads. I don't believe it was the same car that rammed us the first time. The Volvo stayed where it was. Our car was damaged and not driveable."

He told the court that both his police statement and what he had told the jury were both true. The jury was then shown CCTV footage of a number of cars in various locations. Judge Mr Justice Henriques told the jury that at the end of the trial their significance would be clearer.

Andrew Wooller, a technical imaging consultant, talked the jury through video footage taken from Greenwood's Garage in Thwaites Lane, a Fina petrol station, Keighley Leisure Centre and Burnley Hospital.

Cars shown on the videos included a white late model Vauxhall Cavalier, an early model grey metallic Vauxhall Vectra, another vehicle, possibly a Seat Toledo, an early model Rover 800 hatchback with three wheel trims missing and a red Toyota Corolla GTi.

The jury was also shown a video of the burning of a Rover car at Burgess Ford garage at 1.06am on February 14.

Zulfiqar Asif, 23, of Bradford Road, Keighley, Amjad Ali Azam, 21, of Surrey Street, Keighley, Mohammed Iqbal, 24, of Salt Street, Manningham, Parveez Ashraf, 26, of Victoria Park View, Keighley, Zahid Bashir, 27, of Emley Street, Keighley, Mohammed Rafiq, 21, of Chatsworth Street, Keighley and Atif Younis, 22, of Buxton Street, Keighley, all deny conspiring to murder 24-year-old Keighley security guard Qadir Ahmed.

The trial will continue on Wednesday.