One of the men accused of the murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky calmly asked to borrow cigarettes off other prisoners after being arrested for the fatal shooting, a court has been told.

Detective Sergeant Michael Ross, of West Midlands Police, told Newcastle Crown Court he went to see Yusuf Jamma in a cell at a police station in Birmingham after he was arrested on November 26 last year.

Det Sgt Ross told the accused he was under arrest for PC Beshenivsky's murder, the attempted murder of her colleague PC Teresa Milburn and robbery at the Universal Express Travel Agents in Morley Street, Bradford. Jamma made no reply but nodded his head.

Det Sgt Ross said Jamma showed no outward signs of distress or anxiety on being arrested on such a significant matter.

He added: "He was standing around asking people for cigarettes, which I I thought was very unusual."

The court heard that after he was arrested at a house in Alum Rock, Birmingham, Jamma gave a false name, but his fingerprints were matched to his real identity.

Jamma made no response to any questions put to him during nine interviews over three days.

The jury was told Muzzaker Imtiaz Shah was arrested in Newport, Wales, on December 12 last year.

PC Richard Dibley, of Gwent police, told how Shah and another man were challenged by fellow firearms officers as they walked out of an alley in Cromwell Road in the town.

When he asked him his name Shah said: "Just take me to the police station." When he was told he was being arrested for murder, attempted murder and robbery he quietly said: "Yes."

The court also heard expert evidence about the movement of the defendants' mobile phones around the day of the robbery and shooting.

Telecommunications engineer David Sanderson charted the whereabouts of Raza Ul-Haq Aslam's mobile on November 18 last year.

He said Aslam's phone had moved to Harehills Lane, Leeds, during the morning and remained there until just before 1pm. There was a gap of two hours and then it was used again at 14.52 in the Bradford area.

The court heard that between 15.12 and 15.16 the phone was used in an area in the centre of Bradford not covering Haworth Street or the Universal Express Travel Agents.

A number of other calls were made from other Bradford cell sites between 15.19 and 15.47 before the phone moved back to Leeds.

Mr Sanderson confirmed there had been calls between Hassan Razzaq and Piran Ditta Khan in London on November 13. Both phones then moved to Bradford, were used in Leeds and back in London.

On the 17th calls were made between the two phones in London but Razzaq's phone then moved north and had reached Harehills Lane by 23.52.

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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