"I have been able to look back and obviously rethink my own actions." "It is his taxi, he can do what he wants, basically," Mr McPartland said. He said at the time he believed Mr Asghar had 'exaggerated' and 'aggravated' the situation, but he now thinks the taxi driver's response was 'reasonable'. Mr McPartland added: "It just blew up, everything happened incredibly fast." He claimed Mr Asghar told Mr Treacy: "You little cocky ba*****, do you want to get out and have a fight?'." "Martin didn't stop, he just repeated what he said again." Mr McPartland said he asked the pair to 'shut up'. The defendant continued: "He got incredibly angry and then looked in the rear view mirror and said 'what do you think you're doing, f*****g eating in my taxi?'. Mr Asghar asked Mr Treacy to stop eating, but Mr Treacy told him to 'shut the f*** up and continue driving', according to Mr McPartland. But he said an incident arose when Mr Asghar noticed Mr Treacy had started eating his takeaway in the back of the taxi. Mr McPartland said Mr Asghar was happy with this, and after a new fare was agreed, they continued on. "I said 'I've put in the wrong destination, can I correct it?'. "Obviously I put in the wrong destination," he told jurors. Mr McPartland made a spelling error on the booking, detailing the intended destination as Coco's, a separate venue in Rochdale. Mr Treacy bought a chicken burger and chips from a takeaway and Mr McPartland then ordered an Uber to take them to the meeting point. He said their plan was to meet a girl he had previously met at Koko's nightclub in Rochdale, outside Koko's and then head to a Halloween house party which they'd been invited to. Mr McPartland denied that he became angry when drunk, and said he was a polite person. "It was good, I had a good time, a few drinks and a few laughs," he added. He had drunk '30 drinks' including shots, spirits and beer and described himself as being 'incredibly drunk'. "I am deeply sorry, I am ashamed, I am appalled, but I didn't cause any serious injuries to his face." Mr McPartland said he'd been out in Oldham town centre with Mr Treacy that night, in the Liquid nightclub. I am completely remorseful for my actions." "I feel completely ashamed to be sat here to watch it," he said under questioning from his barrister Mark Rhind QC. ![]() ![]() ![]() Giving evidence after video footage of the incident was played, Mr McPartland admitted he was 'ashamed' of his behaviour in the early hours of Saturday, October 29. READ MORE : Lying dad murdered his 10-month-old daughter in 'fit of temper' after her crying woke him up Mr McPartland denies murder and manslaughter. Mr Treacy has admitted manslaughter but denies murder, jurors have been told. He died two weeks later after suffering head injuries, Manchester Crown Court has heard. ![]() Prosecutors allege the pair repeatedly punched and kicked Mr Asghar in a 'ferocious' attack. The incident in Rochdale followed a mix-up over where they wanted Mr Asghar to take them, due to a spelling error by Mr McPartland on the Uber app, the trial has heard. Connor McPartland, 20, and, Martin Treacy, 18, are both accused of murdering 38-year-old taxi driver Ali Asghar. A man accused of murder told a court it 'blew up' after an Uber driver challenged his friend about eating a takeaway in the back of his Mercedes.
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