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'I saw blood running down the pavement'

Jack Treeby, killed in a hit-and-run incident
Jack Treeby, killed in a hit-and-run incident

A teenager has told a murder trial of the horror of seeing his father's lifeless body lying seriously injured in the road and his uncle bleeding from a shotgun wound.

Earlier, Jack Treeby, known as Jacko, claimed his uncle Bill Treeby had hit him with his Range Rover, telling him: "Bye bye."

He had been at home in Coombe Road, Tovil, when he and his mother Caroline heard shouting outside.

Jack, who has his 18th birthday on Wednesday, said he went out and crossed the road onto the pavement.

"As soon as I started walking I heard a truck coming round the corner," he said in an interview recorded the day after his father was killed.

"It was flashing headlights at me.

"The next thing I know, I got hit. I don't remember being hit. I remember rolling out of the way. I remember my uncle Bill Treeby saying: 'Bye bye'."

"I hid behind a tree. As soon as I could, I ran home. My mum was screaming and crying.

"She was hysterical. I had a temper. I started hitting things."

He went outside again.

"I looked up the road," he said. "I saw two men. One was conscious.

"He was my Uncle Gary. He had people tending him. He had been shot in the leg.

"People tied something around his leg to try to stop the bleeding. They were trying to keep him conscious and sticking things under his head.

"I started walking up the road and saw my dad lying on the floor. Honest to God, I thought he was dead.

"I just lost my temper because I could hear most people moaning because their cars had been hit.

"I just screamed out. He was not moving. There were a few people around him. I didn't know what to do.

"People were trying to stop me going around and seeing my dad, because, I think, some people were tending to him, trying to bring him back round.

"I just saw blood running down the pavement. I went to see my uncle. I went to see if he was OK. He was slipping in and out of consciousness.

"I tapped him on the face to keep him with it. He said: 'Is your dad all right?' I said: 'Yeah, he's fine."

Asked by a police officer why he thought the car was driven at him, he replied: "To get at my dad."

He ended the interview by sobbing: "I just want dad back."

The trial continues.

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