Taxi suspect 'demonstrated' fight

Gian Chand Bajar had 39 separate sites of injury on his body

A man accused of murdering a taxi driver by running him over with his own car later showed colleagues how he assaulted him, a court has heard.

Luke Aujila, 21, of Dorchester Road, Gravesend, admitted the manslaughter of Gian Chand Bajar, 71, but denies murder at Maidstone Crown Court.

Mr Bajar, a father-of-five, died in hospital of his injuries.

The jury was told colleagues reported Mr Aujila to police after hearing about the death in the media.

On the morning of the killing, Mr Aujila became drunk and aggressive after attending the start of a three-day work course in Dartford, the court was told.

'Kicking demonstration'

Later that evening he had gone out with friends and got involved in a disturbance at a block of flats in Tooley Street, jurors heard.

It was from this area that Mr Aujila was picked up by Mr Bajar after he had just dropped off another customer.

Giving evidence, Daniel Jaggers, who also attended the training course, said Mr Aujila "told us what had happened the night before".

"He said that he had a fight with a middle-aged cab driver and he demonstrated that he punched the cab driver and he fell to the floor and he showed a kicking demonstration where he was on the floor." Mr Jaggers said.

Mr Aujila did not attend the third day of the course, but Mr Jaggers said that as he and colleagues shared a lift there that morning they heard on the radio and read in a national newspaper that a local taxi driver had been killed.

Pathologist Dr David Rouse said bruising and abrasions to Mr Bajar's face and body suggested they were caused by "contact with a road surface and dragging along a roadway, causing ripping and tearing of skin".

In total, there were 39 separate sites of injury on his body, including fractures to his pelvis and ribs and a broken leg and hip joint.

The case continues.