 In court Nazir admitted to seeing the victim lying on the ground and attempting to spray him with CS gas and kicking him . He also acknowledged washing the murder weapon and stated Ali had hit Parker with the hammer and Awan used the knife . Nazir also alleged prosecution witnesses Zaheer Abbas and Adeel Rehman had been involved in the attack too . Mahrad had also admitted to being present at the murder scene , and claimed that the blood stains found on his trousers occurred as a result of his accidentally falling across Parker . Ali , defended by Mohammed Latif , denied being at the scene and claimed to have been asleep at the time of the murder , although a recording from a police van indicated this was a " story " that he had encouraged the others to " stick to " . Awan also denied being present and claimed he had been at home playing on his PlayStation with Shokat Awan , his brother . Nigel Rumfitt QC , defending Awan , summarised the crime by stating : " These people were not taking the night air . Every member of the group knew what was going on . These weapons had been selected before they set off . The knife was far too big to be hidden from the others . There is no doubt there was a hunting party looking for a victim . " 
