A 17-year-old has denied having any part in the murder of Bermudian Lyrico Steede.

The male, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said he was not in the park where Mr Steede was fatally stabbed.

He said he had lost his phone — found in the taxi allegedly used by his co-defendants on the night of the murder — weeks before the incident.

He told Nottingham Crown Court: “I must have forgot it at the end of January.”

The teenager said that after he lost his phone he made no effort to recover it and instead used his iPad.

He added he did not know who had his phone on the night of the murder. Prosecutors have alleged Mr Steede, 17, was lured to a park in the suburb or Bulwell on the night of February 13.

While there he was attacked by a group of four males, who chased him and stabbed him when he fell.

Mr Steede died of his injuries in hospital five days later.

The 17-year-old was charged with the murder along with Christian Jameson, 18, Kasharn Campbell, 19, Remmell Campbell-Miller, 18, and a 16-year-old girl.

The trial continues.

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