Paul Fyfe murder: Accused 'tried to pin blame on friend'

Mr Fyfe was stabbed through the heart

One of two men accused of murdering a former police officer lied to police to frame his friend for the killing, a court has heard.

Ex-Leicestershire police officer Paul Fyfe, 47, died from a single stab wound at his girlfriend's house in Leicester last June.

Ameen Jogee, 22, has denied the murder, claiming his friend Mohammed Hirsi, 25, was responsible.

But Mr Hirsi's defence accused Mr Jogee of "lying his head off" to police.

The jury, at Nottingham Crown Court, had previously been told it was Mr Hirsi who stabbed Mr Fyfe through the heart with a knife following a row in the hallway of Niomi Reid's home in Rowlatts Hill on 10 June.

When arrested, Mr Jogee had told police his friend had "laughed like it was a joke" and licked the blade of the knife in front of him.

But Mr Hirsi's defence claimed it was Mr Jogee who had carried out the murder before attempting to blame it on his friend.

Murder weapon

Witness Abdul Talab told the court he had received a text message from Mr Jogee saying something about a knife and a killing less than half an hour after the first 999 call was made.

It is alleged Mr Jogee then tried to dispose of the phone's sim card, which was later found in his front garden by police.

Ms Reid, who told police Mr Hirsi was the murderer, was described as a "wicked and practised liar" by his defence.

Nigel Rumfitt QC also claimed Mr Jogee had disposed of the murder weapon, which has never been found.

He said: "We know the route Hirsi took from Ms Reid's house but we don't know where Jogee went. Could it be he ditched the knife?"

Mr Jogee, of Dronfield Street, Spinney Hills, and Mr Hirsi, of Halstead Street, Spinney Hills, both deny murder.

The trial continues.