Key prosecution witness Francois Baron today insisted that what he had told the court was the truth.

Re-examined by prosecutor Robert Smith QC, Mr Baron said the evidence he had given was 100 per cent accurate.

Mr Baron said that he had last seen Raz on Friday after the incident in Bradford when he was packing and leaving the house in Harehills Lane with tattoo man' and Haq.

Mr Smith said it had been suggested that because Mr Baron had been "tricky" in giving his name when stopped by police on the motorway, he was also being tricky when being questioned after his arrest.

"Were you telling the police the truth," asked Mr Smith. Mr Baron replied: "Yes."

"Apart from your name when you were stopped by the police on the motorway, did you tell the police lies?" Mr Smith asked.

"No," Mr Baron replied.

He was asked how he felt when he was stopped on the motorway and at that time did not tell police what he knew about the robbery and shooting.

Mr Baron said: "I was scared. I was in a panic because I had overstayed here."

Yusuf Abdillh Jamma, 20, of Small Heath, Birmingham, Raza Ul-Haq Aslam, 25, of Kentish Town, London, and brothers Faisal Razzaq, 25, and Hassan Razzaq, 26, both of Forest Gate, London, plead not guilty to PC Sharon Beshenivsky's murder.

Muzzaker Imtiaz Shah, 25, of London, admits murder and robbery but denies the attempted murder of PC Teresa Milburn. He has also pleaded guilty to two charges of possessing a prohibited weapon and two charges of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.

Aslam and the Razzaq brothers deny robbery but Jamma has admitted that charge. Aslam, the Razzaq brothers and Jamma also plead not guilty to firearms offences.

The trial continues.

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