THE trial of a Sedgley teen accused of a brutal murder has heard the victim was cruelly humiliated.

Wolverhampton Crown Court was told Shane Watson, aged 23, was battered to death by two teenagers who took photographs of his body on their mobile telephones before laughing as they boasted and showed them to friends at a party.

The trial of Shylon Wishart, who denies murdering Mr Watson, began this week.

Jurors were told Wishart and James Cartwright had shown "callous indifference" about calls to Mr Watson's mobile from his concerned girlfriend before finally saying: "Your man is dead at the bottom of the alley."

Mr Watson who had worked for a debt collecting firm in the area was set upon after leaving Monty's Bar in Sedgley with Kelly Handley but somehow they got separated.

He was savagely punched, kicked and stamped on by the pair, alleged Peter Grieves-Smith, prosecuting.

Mr Grieves-Smith added Mr Watson had his trousers and pants pulled down as he lay prone on the ground and pictures were taken.

Wishart, a 19-year-old retail worker, of North Springfield, Sedgley has denied murder but Cartwright, 18, a student, of Sandyfields Road, also Sedgley, has pleaded guilty to the charge.

Mr Grieves-Smith told the four man-eight woman jury: "These two men were both involved in the attack and they both had the intention to kill. Quite what it was that prompted the attack is unclear."

The court was told Mr Watson, a former pupil at Dormston School, was killed in the alleyway in nearby Springfield Grove and Wishart had been seen urinating on the dead man by a witness.

Mr Watson died from serious facial and head injuries having been subjected to a "blunt force assault" including two fractured eye sockets, a shattered nose and also widespread bruising.

Miss Handley and Mr Watson's mother found his body in the alleyway and summoned the emergency services, he was rushed to hospital but could not be saved.

After the attack the teenagers went to a party with one witness describing how Cartwright had told he punched and knocked out Mr Watson after asking him for a cigarette and then both he and Wishart kicked and stamped on his body.

They showed photographs of Mr Watson and they were laughing about what they had done, added Mr Grieves-Smith.

The prosecution alleges Wishart was found to have Mr Watson's blood on his trainers, trousers and shirt but he said in interview he had come across the body as he made his way home and there was "blood everywhere."

But the conclusion of experts, said Mr Grieves-Smith was that the blood found on Wishart was consistent with "close proximity forceful impact" which proved he played his part in the killing.

The trial of Wishart, expected to last for two weeks, is continuing.