A jury has heard that a man fatally stabbed in Bradford had been assaulted and threatened in the days leading up to his death.
Junaid Khan told his uncle he had been attacked on 3 June last year by two men he considered friends, Bradford Crown Court heard.
According to a statement read in court, Mr Khan said he had been lured to a flat, restrained with zip ties and beaten. He also alleged the incident had been recorded and that he was threatened with the footage being shared unless he paid money.
His uncle, Mohammed Khan, said Junaid appeared “embarrassed” when discussing the incident but later described being tied to a chair and assaulted with a stick.
The court heard the background to the dispute involved the sale of a car, with claims Junaid had made a profit.
Relatives of the accused had visited the family home on 5 June, informing them that arrests had been made in connection with the earlier incident. It was suggested the matter would be addressed after the Eid festival the following day.
However, on 6 June, Junaid Khan was fatally stabbed in the chest during a confrontation on Newton Street. He suffered a single wound to the heart and died minutes later.
Ibrahim Mehmood, 18, and his cousins Luqmaan Rehman, 28, and Hamza Rehman, 27, are on trial accused of murder. All three deny the charge.
A fourth defendant, Mohammed Tayyub, 18, faces a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm relating to the earlier incident. He denies the offence and was not present at the time of the fatal stabbing.
Jurors were previously shown CCTV footage of a violent confrontation involving two groups.
The defence has argued that Mr Khan and his group were the aggressors in the incident, suggesting the events unfolded in a fast-moving and chaotic environment.
Prosecutors, however, say Mehmood pursued Mr Khan and delivered the fatal stab wound during the confrontation.
Mehmood also denies attempted murder, possession of a knife on 6 June, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm on 3 June.
The trial continues.