Film of a man being killed in the street by repeated blows with a pick axe handle has been played at a murder trial.

The attack on Jason Seed in broad daylight was captured from just a few yards away by CCTV cameras on a house in Guard House Avenue, Braithwaite, Keighley.

Footage of Duane Bellamy striking Mr Seed six blows to the head as he lay prone in the sunny street was shown to the jury at Leeds Crown Court yesterday.

Bellamy, 25, of Braithwaite Drive, Keighley, denies murdering Mr Seed as they fought in the street at 10.30am on February 15.

Prosecutor Richard Mansell QC told the jury Bellamy viciously attacked Mr Seed while he was defenceless.

Mr Seed, 44, of Upper Rushton Road, Fagley, Bradford, was left unconscious and bleeding from his head.

He had suffered fractures to both sides of his skull with underlying brain damage.

The jury was told the men were fighting in the street after Bellamy broke the window at a flat.

Film of Mr Seed wielding a plank and Bellamy armed with a branch was shown in court. Both also threw a lump of concrete at one another.

Mr Mansell said a pick axe handle was thrown into the street. Mr Seed went for it but fell down.

Bellamy lifted it above his head with both hands and brought it down hard in a chopping motion.

“Mr Seed raised his hands above his head to try to defend himself. He did not manage to get back to his feet. The defendant rained down blow after blow, six blows in all, all aimed at his head. Mr Seed barely moved,” Mr Mansell said.

Bellamy walked off with the weapon over his shoulder.

The jury heard that it was found in a bush nearby.

Mr Mansell said he then bought two energy drinks from a local shop before running off in the direction of Neophix Engineering. Police found him hiding in undergrowth.

The court heard that Bellamy had grazes and cuts to his hands, shoulders and legs and blue staining around his mouth.

Mr Mansell alleged this was from diazepam tablets.

The jury heard that Bellamy is claiming loss of self-control as a defence.

Mr Mansell said: “When Mr Seed went to the floor nothing could justify the vicious attack which followed.

“A man of normal tolerance and restraint should have walked away at this point, not beaten him repeatedly with a pick axe handle.

Health care assistant Lisa Mitchell, who used to live in Guard House Avenue, said she saw a man lying on the ground and Bellamy standing over him with a plank of wood.

Miss Mitchell said Bellamy was chuckling to himself and “seemed quite happy”.

He walked off down a snicket, throwing the piece of wood away.

Miss Mitchell said his behaviour was surreal. “I didn’t understand it, it was horrible.”

She told how she went to help the man on the ground who was motionless and bleeding from an ear and mouth.

The trial continues.