A MURDER trial jury heard how a man saw his brother shot dead in the street.

Imran Khan, 30, died after several shots were fired at him from a car and one hit him in the middle of the forehead, Bradford Crown Court was told today.

Mr Khan was killed after smashing the rear windscreen of a Ford Focus, containing four men, with a baseball bat, the court heard.

Prosecutor Peter Moulson QC said that one of the gunmen, Amjad Khan, had previously made gun gestures towards the victim and threatened to shoot him.

Mr Moulson told how there had been hostility between the two men after they were both jailed for a joint offence of kidnap, but Imran Khan had been released first from prison.

Mr Khan was shot dead, outside his home in Round Street, West Bowling, Bradford, just after 8pm on June 6.

Amjad Khan, 31, of New Cross Street, West Bowling; Ismail Khan, 31, of Masham Place, Heaton, Bradford; Ziaurahman Khan, 30, of Spring Mill Street, West Bowling; and 28-year-old Mohammed Faisal Riaz, of Ryan Street, West Bowling; all plead not guilty to murder.

Qasim Khan, 18, of Ryan Street, and Rizwan Iqbal, 19, of Parkside Road, West Bowling, deny conspiracy to set fire to a Ford Focus with intent to pervert the course of justice.

The jury was told Amjad had pleaded guilty to that charge.

Mr Moulson said the Focus, which contained a gun and ammunition, was driven to Round Street, where it came to an abrupt halt.

He said Amjad was the driver and Ismail, Ziaurahman and Riaz were the passengers.

Mr Moulson alleged that one or more of the occupants shot at Imran a number of times.

He was killed by a single gunshot which possibly ricocheted off a surface.

The gun had not been recovered, but ballistic experts found the weapon to be a pistol. The Focus was found in a nearby street.

It had been deliberately destroyed by fire.

Mr Moulson said one motive for the murder may have been a dispute over the prison sentences served by Imran and Amjad for kidnap. Imran was released in 2011 after four years, but Amjad was not released until the autumn of 2014.

He said Imran’s brother, Hussain, was in a car in an alleyway near their home and witnessed the shooting from a few feet away.

Hussain said he saw his brother smash the rear window of the Focus with his baseball bat. He said he saw Amjad with a six-inch pistol in his hand.

He stood on the car door frame, pointed the gun towards Imran and fired twice.

He said Amjad then got back in the vehicle and handed the gun to Ismail, who fired twice over the car roof. Imran was hit on the forehead and knocked back off his feet.

Amjad made no comment to police about the murder. Ismail, Ziaurahman and Riaz admitted being in the vehicle but denied knowing there was a gun in the car, intending to hurt anyone, or playing any role in the shooting.

Mr Moulson said the prosecution did not have to prove who pulled the trigger, but if it was proved that they were all part of the act and shared the intent, they were guilty of murder.

The trial continues.

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