"I was hysterical, I just kept saying 'what have you done, that's your brother'," murder accused tells jury

A murder accused told a jury he was ‘hysterical’ after a man was shot dead, and that he repeatedly told his killer ‘what have you done, that’s your brother’. Emmanuel Onasanya recounted the moment Zikel Bobmanuel was shot in the street in Openshaw as his murder trial continued.

He and Rumaal Ingram, Mr Bobmanuel’s half-brother, both deny murder. Ingram, 36, has admitted firing the gun which killed the 32-year-old and has pleaded guilty to manslaughter, jurors at Manchester Crown Court have been told.

The jury has heard the killing, on March 25, followed a row over trainers. Mr Onasanya, 32, ran a business cleaning trainers, and had agreed to clean five pairs of trainers for Mr Bobmanuel, at a price of £20 per pair.

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Mr Bobmanuel had asked for a discounted price, cheaper than the usual £25 or £30 fee, due to the number of trainers he needed cleaning, the defendant said. He took the shoes and cleaned them, but said he didn't receive payment.

Months later, in March, Mr Bobmanuel got in touch with him and 'wasn't very pleased' after being told by Mr Onasanya that he now had to pay 'full price' due to the 'inconvenience' of having to store the shoes, the court heard. He said that the conversation ended but that two weeks later, Mr Bobmanuel got in touch again.

Mr Onasanya said he had been planning to go to the Trafford Centre with his family that day, on March 25, but Mr Bobmanuel sent a message asking him to 'come to my gaff'. A series of text messages shared between the pair were read to jurors.

Mr Onasanya claimed Mr Bobmanuel's 'behaviour was embarrassing' in the messages. In one,