The jury has retired to begin considering its verdicts in the trial of a man who denies murdering a teenager by forcing a quad bike off the road.

Jordan Glover is accused of deliberately ramming the bike on Broadstone Way, Holme Wood, Bradford, killing its passenger, Rahees Mahmood, 18, and seriously injuring the rider, Tommy-Lee Haigh, 19.

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 has admitted causing death by dangerous driving.

Today, Judge Andrew Hatton sent the jurors out shortly before 1pm to begin their deliberations after summing up the case at Bradford Crown Court.

During the trial, prosecutor Jason Pitter QC said that last summer tensions were running high in the Holme Wood area, with criminality and sometimes violence between rival groups.

On the afternoon of Thursday, June 3, the situation reached ‘a crescendo’ when the quad bike was pursued by Glover’s silver Ford Focus along Broadstone Way.

The chase ended abruptly when the car struck the rear of the bike and it crashed.

Mr Mahmood died at the scene from catastrophic head injuries. Mr Haigh was hospitalised with multiple fractures.

Mr Pitter said the Holme Wood area was beset by tensions at the time between the ‘top enders’ and the ‘bottom enders.’ Shortly before the collision, there was criminality when a Volkswagen Golf was damaged. A man named Frankie Simpson had pleaded guilty to criminal damage.

The damage to the Golf had caused ‘rising tension’ the jury was told.

Mr Pitter said Glover went ‘in hot pursuit’ of the quad bike. His driving was allegedly ‘determined, dangerous and deliberate.’

Glover said he became aware of the quad bike and that the men on board were armed. He feared that he would be hurt or killed and he was also fearful for those in the street, including children.

He acted to drive the people on the quad bike away from the street and then panicked after making contact with the machine.

The trial continues.