Attempted murder accused denies trip to clay pigeon shooting range was 'to deal with incriminating evidence'

A man on trial accused of attempted murder denied a trip made by him and his co-accused was 'designed to deal with incriminating evidence'. Jieh Sufyaan spent a third day being questioned at the trial where he and four other men deny attempted murder.

Jurors at Manchester Crown Court have heard a 16-year-old boy was shot in Salford in broad daylight on Mother's Day last year. Prosecutors allege that 31-year-old Kyle Meighan fired two bullets at the boy, while being driven on a motorbike by 29-year-old Aiden Broadhurst.

They claim the shooting was part of a feud between a group linked to Eccles and a rival faction. The boy was also riding a motorbike at the time he was shot, at about 2.10pm on Sunday, March 19, on Armitage Street in Eccles.

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One bullet missed but the other was a 'direct hit', entering his shoulder and lodging next to his spine. Prosecutors claim it was 'only by good luck' that he survived.

Five men are on trial accused of attempted murder. Mr Meighan, Mr Broadhurst, 29; his brother, Philip Broadhurst, 27; Mr Sufyaan, 25; and Andrew Whiteside, 29, have all pleaded not guilty.

Jurors have heard that in the aftermath of the shooting, on March 22, that Mr Sufyaan, Mr Meighan and the Broadhurst brothers all attended a shooting range and took part in a clay pigeon shooting session. Mr Sufyaan was accused of booking the session.

He accepted paying £200 on the day for it, but denied it had anything to do with the shooting of the teenager and said the trip had been discussed prior to March 19. He said that two other friends had been due to attend but couldn't make it, and instead he invited Mr Meighan, and Philip