Murder accused tells court victim 'was a good man and did not deserve to die'
A father stabbed to death outside a mosque was "a good man and should never have died" according to one of the men accused of his murder.
Haji Choudhary Rab Nawaz, 52, was killed outside a Coventry mosque on October 2 last year, and five men from Halesowen and Handsworth are on trial at Warwick Crown Court for his murder and the attempted murder of his brother.
Jenaid Mahmood, 19, and Hasham Ali Razaaq, 22, Adam Razaaq, 20, and Hasnian Razaaq, 23, from Long Lane, Halesowen, as well as Mohammed Faisal, 29, from South Road, Handsworth, deny all charges.
Taking the witness stand, Mohammed Faisal said he did not stab anyone, see anyone stab the victims or had ever been in possession of a knife on that day.
He said: "I did not have a knife at any part of the day. My mother told me in a phone call Nawaz passed away and it was really upsetting.
