THE man accused of murdering a teenager by allegedly deliberately driving a quad bike off the road said the collision was an accident and ‘wholly unintended'.

Jordan Glover told the police he ‘categorically denied murder’ and had no intention of harming anyone when his silver Ford Focus struck the back of the bike killing its passenger Rahees Mahmood.

Mr Mahmood, 18, died at the scene from catastrophic head injuries when the bike crashed on Broadstone Way, Holme Wood, Bradford, shortly after 4pm on Thursday, June 3 last year.

The bike rider, Tommy-Lee Haigh, 19, was hospitalised with multiple fractures.

Glover, 24, from the Thorpe Edge area of Bradford, pleads not guilty to murder; manslaughter as an alternative count; causing grievous bodily harm with intent; and criminal damage. He admits causing death by dangerous driving.

Today, the jury at Bradford Crown Court heard a prepared statement that was read out to the police by Glover’s solicitor during the interview process.

In it, Glover said he did not have a full driving licence or valid insurance but bought the Ford Focus to ‘fix up’ and sell on.

He was chilling with friends on the Holme Wood estate when a moped and quad bike arrived in Felcourt Drive. He said that people on the vehicles were armed with machetes and he feared he would be injured or killed.

Glover said he was afraid for family members and children on the street. He was in a state of panic about the moped and quad bike and wanted to ‘drive them out of the area.’

He continued: “I did not deliberately drive into the quad bike. The collision was an accident. It was wholly unintentional.”

He told the police he was not a part of any gang in Holme Wood but had been threatened by males armed with machetes. He had moved out of the area to avoid being ‘in the crosshairs’ of any violence.

The Crown alleges that Glover deliberately rammed the quad bike during ‘a hot pursuit.’

CCTV footage of the fatal collision has been played to the jury as well as the movements of vehicles before and after the crash.

Jason Pitter QC, leading counsel for the prosecution, said Glover’s driving was ‘determined, dangerous and deliberate.’

The jury heard this morning that the calculated speed of the quad bike moments before the collision was 61mph, plus or minus four mph. The Ford Focus following it was said to have been going 65mph, plus or minus four mph.

The trial continues.