A MAN leapt out of a flat window “covered in blood” and flagged down a car to escape a sword-wielding gang, a court heard.

The trial of six men continued at Basildon Crown Court yesterday over the death of Asqeri Spaho in Westcliff on December 12, 2019.

It is alleged the gang travelled from London to Westcliff in order to steal £50,000 worth of cannabis.

Mr Spaho died from stab wounds at the address in Tintern Avenue, while another man was attacked but fled through the upstairs window and survived.

The jury was played the man’s pre-recorded police interview, which took place in hospital on January 4 last year.

Speaking via a translator, the victim said: “We were covered in blood.

“I was drenched in blood down my leg. I had been cut in four or five places.

“I went out and I put my arms up and tried to stop a car.

“Many cars went by but only one of them stopped. I was drenched in blood.”

The victim said he did not remember much about the car journey to the hospital, but that the driver was a man.

He said he had been offered work tending the cannabis plants and that he would be paid £5,000 following three months’ work. The victim said the plants were set to have been harvested the next day.

The victim continued: “When I saw him [Mr Spaho] fall backwards on the sofa I ran.”

The police officers questioning him said: “Did you tell anyone that you were there or what you were doing?”

He replied: “No, I haven’t told anyone because I don’t want them to get worried.”

Mitchell Harris, 29, of no fixed address, Scott Heaney 22, of Hurlock Street, Highbury, Brian Kinloch, 31, of Beachcroft Way, Upper Holloway, Wesley Hendrickson, 31, of Ashford Crescent in Enfield, Leon Wright, 31, of Highbury New Park, and Durald Sokoli, 27, of Ayley Croft, Enfield, deny murder, attempted murder, and aggravated burglary.

The trial continues.