Court hears Demko murder accused told dad: 'This doesn't look good'

Jordan, 25, is said to have killed former public schoolboy Matthew Demko with a weights barbell when they argued over a £3,000 drugs debt.

His father Stephen Jordan, who has since died, said in a statement to police: "There is no way in a million years that Michael could have done something like this to Matthew."

Mr Jordan worked as a local government officer for Wandsworth council and said Michael lived at their home at Links Road, Ashtead, Surrey with mother Lisa and sister Samantha.

He has another sister Eva who has left home.

Mr Jordan said his son had left school at 16 with no qualifications because he did not like school but he was a "bright boy".

He was due to start a temporary admin job with Surrey County Council when Mr Demko was murdered.

"Everyone I talked to said Michael is such a lovely lad," Mr Jordan said.

He said he knew his son had smoked cannabis but he had told his father he had not taken any other drugs.

Mr Jordan had paid off up to £4,000 of his son's debts but at the time of the incident he owed around £2,000 to his bank and £2,000 on his credit card.

"The only trouble I can recall him being is when he skipped a couple of train tickets," the father added.

The family had equipped their garage as a gym and Michael had been there with Mr Demko, also 25, on the night he died.

Mr Jordan was expecting guests for a dinner party that night and said he was vacuuming the house when his son raised the alarm.

"My son came running towards the house and said something like: 'Dad, Dad, Matt has been attacked.'

"He may have said something like someone has hit Matthew.

"I noticed that Michael had blood on his hands and on his trainers and on his fleece."

They both ran back to the garage.

"Michael said: 'This doesn't look good'," Mr Jordan stated.

His son said he had gone into the house to get a CD and saw a man walking out of the garage when he returned.

"We went into the garage and found Matthew. Matthew was lying inside the back of the garage on his back."

Mr Jordan said there was a "huge pool of blood."

"There was blood everywhere. I could easily see he had a big head wound to the back right hand side around the ear. I could see matter around the injury.

"The only thing I saw on the floor was a black mobile phone which I know I used and a silver bar which I think is used to hold weights."

His son called the emergency services and told the operator: "Someone has just attacked one of my friends really badly.

"Me and my friend were in my house and someone came into the garage where we were and attacked my friend."

He told operator something had been wrapped around his friend's neck and he had taken it off. Asked if he was breathing, Michael said: "I don't think so. I can't see any movement at all."

The phone was handed to Stephen Jordan who said: "I hate to say this but he looks absolutely dead to me."

"His head had been smashed and I can tell you no amount of CPR is going to do anything."

Mr Jordan gave Matthew chest compressions in a desperate bid to revive him until an ambulance arrived In his statement Mr Jordan added: "I remember Mike was distraught. He had blood in his hands, his fleece and face and he wanted to get rid of the smell."

Police began taking a statement from Michael but stopped half way through to arrest him.

Paramedic Lorraine Steadman told the court that Michael Jordan told a colleague there had been two strangers in the garage.

Mr Demko, who went to Pangbourne College, Reading, after winning a sports scholarship, had arrived at Jordan's house to collect cash owed to him through drug deals, the Old Bailey has heard.

Mr Demko, who worked for Glendale Grounds Management as a contracts manager, used Jordan as street dealer and he would often pedal drugs and collect money on his behalf.

At the time of his death Mr Demko was owed around £3,000 by Jordan, who had completed the sale of three ounces of cocaine.

Jordan, of Links Road, Ashtead, denies murder.

The trial continues.