Murder accused Brahnn Finley told a friend that he and a co-accused had "done someone in," a jury heard.

Finley, 19, made the comment during a phone conversation with a woman friend in the early hours of June 16 last year, shortly after the murder of schoolboy Jordan Watson.

He told the woman he and Dan - a reference to co-defendant Daniel Johnston - had done someone in the previous night.

Finley admitted saying this but said he was just trying to impress the woman and that he meant that someone had been beaten up, not killed.

Finley is on trial at Carlisle Crown Court with co-defendants George Thomson, 19, and Johnston, 20, jointly accused of murdering 14-year-old Jordan on the night of June 15 last year in Carlisle's Upperby Cemetery.

In earlier evidence, prosecuting QC Simon Medland said that Finley had "lied and lied and lied again" in his police interviews.

Finley admitted not telling the truth to detectives.

But responding to questions from Mr Medland, he said: "I wasn't lying with all of it."

Mr Medland said Finley had lied about what he knew about Jordan Watson's murder.

Finley replied: "I didn't lie as such - it just took a while to get it out."

Finley said he was under pressure.

Mr Medland said Finley had been extraordinarily selective in what he was prepared to tell the police.

He said: "I suggest you have done that because you are trying to cover up your part in the murder of Jordan Watson."

Finley said: "I did no such thing."

Finley was then asked why when he was in Upperby Cemetery that night he had hit Jordan Watson.

He said: "He was acting dodgy - shifty."

Mr Medland said there was no medical evidence to show that Jordan was punched. He suggested that Finley lied about punching the teenager because he was laying a "false trail" to explain any forensic link there may have been between him and Jordan's body.

"That's not right," said Finley.

He had earlier today told the court that Thomson said he thought he had killed someone.

Speaking in the witness box, he said he saw Thomson "scuffling" with Jordan in the graveyard.

Finley said he had also hit the 14-year-old after spotting him walking through Upperby Cemetery at night in the hours before he was found dead.

He told the jury he and Johnston - said to be his “best mate” - had walked through the cemetery after earlier being at Thomson's house.

In the cemetery, the court heard, he became aware of somebody else being there, adding he did not recognise him but now knew it was Jordan.

Finley said there had been "a little altercation" between him and Jordan.

"He was coming towards us in a way I thought was shifty," he told the jury. "He said something and then I hit him."

Finley said Jordan afterwards continued walking. He told the jury Thomson then appeared in the graveyard.

Finley was asked if he saw anything happen between Thomson and Jordan.

He said: "They started scuffling. Jordan threw a punch at George. George was on the ground on top of him."

He said he did not intervene and "left them to it".

Later, Finley said, he spoke to Thomson on the phone.

"I asked him what it was all about, why he was fighting," said Finley. "He told us he had a fight with him and thought he'd killed him."

Finley said he did not believe him.

He told the court that in another conversation on the subject Finley asked Thomson if he was being serious. He said Thomson laughed.

All three defendants - Finley, of Furze Street, off London Road, George Thomson,19, of Upperby Road, Upperby and Daniel Johnston, 20, of Petteril Bank Road, Harraby - deny murder.

The trial continues.