A man accused of a city-centre shooting admitted being at the scene, but denied being the culprit. Alvone Maybury, 24, told detectives he met with gang members at Captain's Lounge and got involved in an altercation.

However, he denied being the gunman who "popped off a shot" on Reid Street afterwards. "I don't know who's telling you all this stuff but I know people's lying on me," said Maybury. "I never shot at no-one. And this is bull***p."

According to prosecutor Carrington Mahoney, Maybury is an associate of the 42 gang, and pulled the trigger on rivals from Parkside after an argument in the city bar late on December 18.

The bullet did not hit anyone, but left a bystander on the sidewalk suffering from fright and shock. On Friday, the jury in Maybury's Supreme Court trial watched a series of video interviews with Police where he said he was aware that there had been "tit for tat" killings due to the conflict between 42 and Parkside.

However, he insisted he was not a gang member and told Police: "I don't have no beef with nobody in town."

He explained he was currently "resting his head" in St. Monica's Road, and this upset people from Parkside and Middletown. However he said he had no problem with those people, as he used to live in Princess Street.

He explained he met eight or nine of them at Captain's Lounge on the night in question to talk about the issue, as "I was trying to stay out of all this here" and "I just wanted to show my face and talk to the guys".

However, Maybury said two people "got rowdy" and picked a fight with him. He named them as a "Middletown guy" called Antonio Myers, and someone from Parkside named Jah-Lario Samuels, who he described as "the boy that got shot" in a different incident.

He claimed Myers grabbed him, "and that's where I felt threatened right there".

Maybury left the bar with two friends – his cousin Dion Cholmondleley and his cousin's cousin, whose name he did not know. He claimed Myers "kept following us" and "talking in rap talk" as they went outside.

He told detectives Myers said: "What side are you on? That's all! That's all I want to know. What side are you on?"

He told detectives he replied to Myers: "I'm on my side."

Maybury said he and his friends got into their car, and he heard a gunshot as they sat in it. He said they drove off straight afterwards, and went to St. Monica's Road.

Detective Rohan Henry suggested that in fact, he shot at Myers and "the bullet missed him by chance".

The accused man responded: "That's all a lie."

Asked if he thought he was the target of the shot, he told Police: "I don't think that nobody was trying to hit me."

He said of the shooter: "I guess he was trying to scare me."

Maybury, 24, of no fixed abode, denies charges of possessing a handgun, ammunition and discharging a firearm. The case continues.