A man on trial for attempted murder was questioned in Supreme Court about a note discovered in his prison cell written by his co-defendant.

Devon Hewey, 25, and Cervio Cox, 30, both deny attempting to murder Lavon Thomas and Darren Thompson during a Reid Street shooting on March 24, 2012, and using a firearm to commit the same offence.

A third man, Julian Washington, had also been charged with the offence, but was fully acquitted last Monday.

As the trial against the two continued on Friday, prosecutor Carrington Mahoney questioned Mr Hewey about a note discovered in his prison cell in late June of 2012.

The court had heard that the note was discovered in an envelope with other correspondence by officers while they were moving the defendant from one cell to another.

Mr Hewey told the court that he understood the note came from his co-defendant but could not recall when or how he came by it.

In the note, Mr Cox wrote that he understood Mr Hewey had been telling people he was at “Wire’s house” at the time of the shooting, saying: “We can’t let them know that we three are linked, especially that night, you feel me?”

Mr Cox also said that he had been told cellphone records suggested he had been in that area, adding: “And since you don’t have one, they ain’t got f***s on you. You can tell them whatever. They can’t prove you were there or not. It’s your word against theirs and your s**t looks pretty good.”

Mr Hewey had said he was “irritated” by the note and that Mr Cox appeared to be “confused” because he had not been at Wire’s house on the evening of the incident and had never claimed to be.

He suggested that Mr Cox may have heard a distorted version of what he had said from another inmate.

He told the court that he had not spoken to Mr Cox in person about the contents of the note but responded with his own note. While he could not recall when he sent his note, he said it was before Mr Cox’s note was discovered in his cell.

Neither of the men allegedly targeted were injured in the early morning shooting, which sparked a high-speed police chase. Officers followed the motorcycle to the Botanical Gardens where they found a motorcycle with its engine and muffler still warm and a black plastic bag wrapped around the licence plate.

Earlier in the trial, Mr Hewey told the court the motorcycle found by police belonged to him but has said he had loaned the vehicle to a friend on the evening before the shooting, and was told the following morning that it had been stolen.

He said at the time of the shooting he was hanging out at a friend’s house on Parsons Road and denied seeing Mr Cox at all that evening, but admitted speaking to his co-defendant on the phone after Mr Cox called to ask about buying cannabis.