A man accused of robbing a Bradford bookmakers during a disturbance in which another man was shot dead told a jury he had gone there to meet his drug dealer.

Giving evidence at Leeds Crown Court, Mohammed Ali Raja, 22, said he had been looking for his dealer in the toilets of Peter Smith's bookmakers in Lumb Lane when the riot broke out on July 14 last year.

Destor Coleman, 27, of West Bowling, also known as Dexter or X, died after being shot in the back outside the nearby Young Lion Caf in Lumb Lane.

The court heard how the blood of Raja, of Parkside Road, West Bowling, was found in the passageway and on the door leading to the private area of the bookmakers and also on the handle of a baseball bat found near the scene.

Raja, who denies a charge of robbery, said his blood was found on the bat because he had cut his palm and he had taken the bat off an Asian man who attacked him.

Defence barrister Malcolm Swift QC asked: "What did you do with the bat you took off him?" Raja replied: "I just threw it away."

Prosecutor Robert Smith QC asked Raja if he had taken part in the disturbance. Raja, who has pleaded not guilty to a charge of violent disorder, denied doing so.

Earlier Raja told the jury: "I heard lots of banging and smashing of glass, I presumed there was a fight going on."

He said he saw people running from the bookmakers and when he went inside there was no one there so he left.

Raja's brother Ashsaq Raja told the court his brother had returned home at 9.30pm that day and went straight upstairs without speaking to the family.

Sasdar Khan, 23, of Tile Street, Girlington, denies the murder of Mr Coleman and he also denies a charge of violent disorder. Mohammed Shaffi, 26, of Whetley Grove, Girlington, Yousuf Khan, 26, also of Tile Street, Girlington, Adelso Saws, 20, of Grange View, Chapeltown, Leeds, also all deny violent disorder.

The trial continues.