A 16-year-old girl charged with the murder of Lyrico Steede in an English city was interviewed by police as a possible witness before she was arrested for the killing, a court has heard.

Nottingham Crown Court was told the girl had arranged to meet Mr Steede in a park in the Bulwell area of the city the night he was stabbed several times.

It was alleged that during her interview as a potential witness, she was vague about how the meeting had been organised.

She told police she and Mr Steede had sat in the park for about an hour when about five men “ran Lyrico down” and also stole the iPad she had borrowed from a friend.

The girl also told officers she did not recognise any of the men.

She added in her interview that she had looked for Mr Steede, who had moved to England to live with family, after he was chased by the men.

But she said she could not find him so went home because she was worried.

She added she later heard on the news that someone had been stabbed in Bulwell and realised it must have been Mr Steede.

Mr Steede was chased and knifed by a group of men on February 13 and died in a Nottingham hospital five days later.

It is alleged Kasharn Campbell, 19, of no fixed abode, and Remmell Campbell-Miller, 18, from Nottingham, were responsible for the killing.

They were charged with Mr Steede’s murder along with two 17-year-old boys and the girl, none of whom can be named for legal reasons. The jury heard that the girl was arrested at her home on February 22 and police also seized her phone.

The girl was charged with Mr Steede’s murder on March 21.

It is alleged she lured him to the park. The trial continues.

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