THREE men accused of murdering a teenager left Nottingham in the days after his death, a court heard.
Malakai McKenzie, 19, was shot in the head in a car outside The Hubb pub, Hucknall Road, Sherwood, in the early hours of April 21 last year.
Cameron Cashin, 21, of Liddington Street, New Basford, denies murdering Mr McKenzie, as well as three counts of attempted murder and one count of possessing a firearm.
Two other men, Malcolm Francis, 19, of Constance Street, Basford, and Ijah Lavelle-Moore, 21, of Nottingham Road, New Basford, also deny the charges.
Timothy Spencer QC, prosecuting, told Nottingham Crown Court that phone records showed all three men were in contact with each other in the hours after Mr McKenzie died.
Mr Spencer said Cashin texted Lavelle-Moore on the morning of April 21, 2012, saying "come now man".
He said: "It's a summons. We say it's clear from that text that both sides of the call understood what was being talked about – that the next stage of the plan was to unfold."
Mr Spencer told the court that phone records showed Cashin used his mobile in Birmingham at 3.55pm on April 21, 2012.
Further records showed him using the phone in Moss Side, Manchester, four days later.
Cashin returned to Nottingham on May 1, 2012, and handed himself in to police.
Mr Spencer said Francis and Lavelle-Moore also left Nottingham on April 22, 2012.
CCTV footage showed Francis in the Ibis Hotel in Leicester later that day, where the court heard he checked in under a false name and address.
He and Lavelle-Moore were also caught on CCTV in Leicester, before they checked into a hotel on April 23.
Mr Spencer said they stayed there until April 29, when they checked in at a Premier Inn in Derby. They were arrested there on May 2, 2012.
Mr Spencer said police seized items from their room, including Francis's mobile phone and a Nike jacket the prosecution say was worn by Cashin at the shooting.
Mr Spencer said: "If the prosecution are right about that, how would it get to these two? Why would Cashin trust them with what could be quite a significant item of clothing? Unless they are his trusted confidants and part of the team."
Police also recovered two written notes by Lavelle-Moore and Francis which the prosecution say outline their whereabouts on the night before Mr McKenzie was shot.
The court heard both notes said the two had been at Lavelle-Moore's house listening to music before heading to Francis's to cook pasta. They both said Cashin arrived and ate with them. Cashin and Lavelle-Moore left at about 1.30am.
Mr Spencer said when questioned by police, Cashin said he knew nothing about the shooting and had been in bed.
Francis also told police he had no involvement.
Mr Spencer said Francis told police he had been pressured to write an alibi involving Cashin, but wouldn't say who by.
The court also heard Francis told police he had last seen Cashin two weeks before the shooting, before admitting he'd seen him on April 20.
Mr Spencer said: "We say this is a very significant interview. He is clearly deliberately lying at some stage."
The court also heard Lavelle-Moore said he had left Nottingham because he "had a bad feeling about the situation".
Three other men alleged to be involved in the shooting caught flights from Gatwick Airport on April 26, 2012.
Two flew to Jamaica, while the third went to Bermuda.
The case continues.