A BRADFORD taxi driver on trial accused of double murder came downstairs to find two "lifeless bodies" on the settee in his front room, a jury was told yesterday.

Mohammed Zubair, 36, said he had seen his friend Sabir Hussain attacking Amhedin Khyel with an "object" as he ushered his hysterical mother upstairs just minutes before.

Bradford Crown Court has heard that Zubair's house in Heath Terrace, Barkerend, Bradford, had blood stains on the living room walls, ceiling, and carpet following the attack on May 10, 2011.

He denies the murder of Mr Kyhel, a 35-year-old London electrician who was having an affair with his wife, Kainaat Bibi, and his labourer friend, 27 year-old Imran Khan.

Zubair is accused of a "ferocious" and "brutal" attack on both men, with Mr Khyel suffering at least six blows to the head.

Giving evidence to the jury yesterday, Zubair said that on the day of the incident, he had finished work and gone for a walk and a smoke in Seymour Park with his colleague and friend Mr Hussain, who he described as being "like an older brother to me."

Asked whether he had confided in him over his wife's affair, he said yes, adding: "He felt sorry for me, he said everything would be fine."

Asked if there had been discussions about Mr Hussain intervening in the matter, Zubair said yes, as his friend spoke the same language as Mr Khyel and he had offered to contact him to say "back off and leave the family alone."

His barrister, Peter Doyle QC, told the court that on the afternoon of the alleged attack, Mr Hussain had contacted Mr Khyel's mobile phone.

Asked whether he had been aware of that conversation, Zubair said: "No, not at all."

The court heard that as Zubair and Mr Hussain were at the park for a second time that day, Mr Khyel's mobile rang the phone at Zubair's home, with the defendant also receiving a series of calls from his mother.

Asked what she had said, he said: "Some people are coming to the house, get here quickly, they want to speak to you about your wife."

When Mr Doyle asked if Zubair knew who the men were, he said: "In the back of my mind, I thought it might be Ahmedin or someone related to him."

He added: "I was panicking, I didn't know what to think. I called a few friends to be there just in case."

The court heard that one of the men he called was his cousin, Zeeshan Khan.

When he arrived at his house, Zubair told the jury he entered alone to find his mother, wife, and daughter in a "distressed" state.

He said: "My wife told me it's Ahmedin and his friend."

Of the former, he said she added: "Be careful, he's known to carry a knife and can be violent."

When Mr Hussain and Zeeshan Khan then arrived, he said he told them: "Just be careful, they're a bit dangerous. Let's see what they want to talk about."

After taking his wife, mother, and child upstairs, Zubair said he went into the attic and got a dumb bell bar.

Asked why, he said: "I brought it down purely for protection, I had no idea what to expect."

Before the trio entered the front room to see Mr Khyel and Imran Khan, Zubair said he gave the dumb bell to Mr Hussain.

Zubair told the jury that an argument quickly ensued between the two groups, with Mr Hussain "struggling" with Mr Khyel.

When Imran Khan also joined in, Zubair said he took hold of him and hit him "once or twice", saying he had only got involved as his friend was being threatened.

He then told the jury that at this point, his mother appeared in the room shouting for the men to stop fighting.

He said he grabbed her and tried to get her back upstairs, and when asked what he saw at that point he said: "I saw Sabir striking Ahmedin on the sofa, he was striking him with an object. I saw blood."

Zubair told the jury that he took his mother upstairs, leaving the room for a "minute plus".

Asked what he saw when he re-entered the front room, he said: "I believe both men were lifeless.

"I saw Sabir in possession of a claw hammer.

"I have no idea where he got that from."

Asked what he said to him, he said he swore at him and shouted: "What have you just done?"

In reply, he told the jury Mr Hussain said: "These people, they threatened my family as well. They just wouldn't listen."

He said Mr Hussain then told him: "What's happened has happened, we need to clean the mess up", at which point he told him and Zeeshan Khan to leave.

Zubair told the jury that he wrapped one of the bodies in a sheet and the other in a rug before putting them in his VW Transporter taxi.

Asked whether he accepted he had then driven to a secluded area in Tong Lane, Bradford, to dump the bodies, he said: "I do, yes."

He said another friend, Mazar Iqbal, had helped to dispose of the blood-stained settee where the bodies had been lying by setting fire to it, telling him the blood had come from a dog fight.

When he went home, he asked for the house to be cleaned, before saying his mother told him to leave the country.

He admitted catching a flight from Leeds Bradford Airport to Islamabad in Pakistan.

Questioned by Mr Doyle about the meeting at the house, he said: "My intention was in no way to hurt these people."

He told the jury he had wanted to know why they were there, and why Mr Khyel was "persisting to try and have a relationship with my wife when she wanted nothing to do with him."

When it was put to him why he had not contacted the police, he said: "Everything pointed at me."

When asked whether he had engaged in any violence aside from hitting Imran Khan, he said: "No, I didn't lay a finger on them."

The trial continues.