A woman whose partner drove a car into a group of people after a row outside a bar said she did not see the incident.

Nottingham Crown Court has heard a number of people were injured when a vehicle hit a group on Gedling Road in Arnold on 9 May, with 26-year-old Tyler Fairman dying from his injuries three days later.

Destiny Carrier, who owned the car, said she believed her partner Duane Anthony had been involved in "an accident".

The 29-year-old, of Lothair Road in Leicester, denies assisting an offender, while 40-year-old Anthony, of Marton Road in Bulwell, has denied murdering Fairman and five counts of attempted murder.

The court previously heard Carrier and Anthony had been involved in an argument with a group of footballers outside a bar in Arnold at about 01:00 BST on 9 May.

After being arrested, she told police in a prepared statement her partner "was slashed with a knife after being started on all night by a group of males", but when shown CCTV footage of the disagreement during cross-examination agreed the confrontation lasted about five minutes.

She said the footage was "quite blurry" and did not show the blood, but could not identify when the slash happened, and also said she had not seen a knife at the time.

When shown CCTV footage of her and Anthony going back to her car, the court heard Carrier told police that when he took the keys from her she "genuinely believed he was returning to the car to seek help for his injuries".

She said it was "a no-brainer" to walk away from the group of footballers after the argument and "assumed he was coming back for me" after he took the keys and left her waiting on the road.

"In the heat of the moment, when everything is happening so quickly... when you're in a state of panic you don't really think rationally," she said.

When shown CCTV footage Carrier said she "did not see" Anthony drive her own car past her, and though she was on Gedling Road at the time of the crash she said she did not see it, having told police she only "heard a bang".

Jurors heard Carrier was locked out of her house after the crash, but met Anthony - who had lost his phone during the incident - outside her property at about 02:30, where he told her he had been in "an accident".

They travelled together to an industrial unit used by her partner in Bulwell as "I just assumed I would be safer with Duane than I would on the streets on my own", but said she was not involved in deciding where they went.

"We didn't know where to go or what to do," she said.

Carrier told jurors she did not hear a number of conversations Anthony had when using her phone, but said he knew the security code and frequently used the device.

The court heard Anthony and Carrier went to a friend's property in Radcliffe, where she said she had seen news of the crash online and had advised him to hand himself in.

"He still said it was an accident, so I sort of suggested he would still need to speak to the police," she said.

"He said that he would [but] he just wanted to get his head straight."

Police arrived and arrested Anthony at about 17:30 on 9 May, and Carrier was arrested on 26 June.

The trial continues.

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