Prisoner 'set up honey-trap murder from his jail cell'

A prisoner organised a murder from his jail cell using a smuggled mobile phone, a court has heard. Delphon Nicholas is accused of murdering his former friend Andrew Wanoghu, 26, who was shot dead in Brockley, south-east London, in April 2006.

Aftab Jafferjee QC, for the prosecution, told the Old Bailey that "utterly compelling" phone evidence would link Mr Nicholas, 29, who was being held at the high-security Belmarsh Prison, to his four co-defendants on the night of the shooting. Mr Nicholas and Sereata Barrie, Trevor Dennie, Erron Cato and Michael Williams all deny murder.

Mr Jafferjee said Ms Barrie was used as a "honey trap" – her role being to lure Mr Wanoghu to her flat with the promise of sex.

Mr Wanoghu was shot and fatally wounded by a hooded man in the street near the flat at 1.30am, jurors heard. Mr Jafferjee said Mr Wanoghu was killed within seven weeks of "dissing" – showing disrespect – to Mr Nicholas, who at the time of the murder was on remand at Belmarsh for an unrelated matter of which he was later cleared.

They had been friends but fell out. Mr Wanoghu then allegedly "delivered a slight" to Mr Nicholas by taking his father's car after punching him in the face. The dead man had many enemies and was "set up for execution" by the defendants, Mr Jafferjee said.

The trial continues.