Mahek Bukhari's version of events - Saqib Hussain was 'harassing' her
In her police interview, Detective Constable James Simpson asked Mahek Bukhari "Are you responsible for the murder of Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin" and she shook her head in response.
He then asks about the incidents on the night of the crash. She replied: "We started from Stoke on Trent. Our intention was to go to Nottingham.
"There was loads of diversions so it took us an hour and 50 minutes just to get to Nottingham. It takes us all the way round and we've ended up in Leicester.
"I'm a social media influencer and my followers know my movements. I post all the time.
"I've known Saqib for about three years but it was once in a blue moon [I saw him]."
She goes on to say he was a "very nice guy" but she only wanted to be friends. After that he started posting things online about her.
Saqib's relationship with her mother not mentioned
The jury has previously heard Saqib was in a relationship with Mahek's 45-year-old mother but Mahek did not mention that and said she had only met him once.
She said he began circulating fake images of both her and her mother. She said: "This person was harassing me, bullying me, he would upoad on TikTok and Instagram my phone number.
"I've met him once in my life. I exchanged numbers. I thought he was a very nice guy.
"At the end of the day, I said we could be friends. This person has been making fake images of me. He always used to admit - 'This was me, you don't reply to my messages'.
"I said, 'If I don't want to talk to you, you can't make me. He makes fakes pictures of me and my mum.
"She's always out with me - she's like my best friend to me."
Other people also harassing her and slashing her car tyres
She tells the police her normal car is a white Audi with personalised numberplates. She said she often would be invited to restaurants and come out to find her windows smashed and her tyres slashed but didn't report it to the police.
She said: "If I'm going to a restaurant I'm going to my car, I always have a slashed tyre and a note saying 'Get off social media. You shouldn't be doing this as a job.'
"I don't go to the police. It's always going to happen to me because I put myself out there."
She adds that on Boxing Day last year her white Audi was damaged while parked outside her house, which was why she was using the red Audi TT loaned vehicle.
Saqib threatened to kill her family, Mahek claims
She said she was in contact with Saqib on the night he died, first when he sent her a message saying "I've seen your story, you're in Leicester," she said. She added: "I said, 'Please can you leave me alone. I'm going home."
She said Saqib then said to her: "Your dad's at home, your brother's at home. I'm going to kill them."
Eight people are on trial for murder after a fatal crash on the A46 near Leicester
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