Accused tells court he didn't stab Telford victim
A man standing trial for attempted murder after another man was knifed repeatedly in a street told a jury: "I didn't stab him".
Mazir Khan suffered four stab wounds to the body and was left with damage to his intestines and liver.
Mohammed Kabir Zaman is accused of inflicting the wounds during a disturbance in Arleston, Wellington, on April 14.
But the 27-year-old, of Victoria Avenue, Wellington, took to the witness stand to deny his involvement during his trial at Stafford Crown Court yesterday. Mr Alex Chalk, prosecuting, said Zaman had been angered by comments about his mother allegedly made on Facebook by Mr Khan.
Mr Chalk said: "The reality of this case is actually quite simple.
"You were angry about your mother having been dishonoured.
"You set up an ambush for Mazir. You knew he would come, you suspected he would have weapons. You were going to teach him a lesson in the course of that ambush.
"You stabbed Mazir, you then panicked and fled."
Zaman replied: "Mazir drove into the back of my car, I got out and ran off.
"I didn't have any weapon on me. I didn't stab him.
"I was nowhere near when it happened and I didn't stab him."
The jury had earlier been told shortly after the collision between Mr Khan's BMW and Zaman's Ford Fiesta, the windows of the BMW were smashed.
When Mr Khan got out of his car, in Woollam Road, he was attacked and repeatedly stabbed.
Mr Chalk said it was only thanks to the skill of doctors at Royal Stoke University Hospital that Mr Khan survived.
But Zaman said he had fled the scene with his cousin Shaquil Sultan by the time the stabbing occurred.
Zaman also denies charges of wounding with intent and affray. The trial continues.
