Murder accused admits being in area of killing

A 27-YEAR-OLD man accused of killing a San Juan barber admitted yesterday that he was in the area of the killing at the time but maintained that he did not commit the crime.

Murder accused Marvin Boisselle, told the jury he was on Maraj Street in El Socorro when  three men questioned him, then followed him.

He told the  Port-of-Spain First Criminal Court that at about 7 pm on November 4, 2000, he was going to visit his family on Maraj Street when three men, Nigel Joseph, Wayne Joseph and Clinton Jones, asked him if he had seen “someone with a long sleeve white shirt walking up the road”.

He said he told them: “I don’t know what all yuh talking about.”

Boisselle, of Beetham Estate, is before Justice Rajendra Narine charged with the November 4, 2000, murder of  Earlon Gill Sr. He is being defended by Joseph Pantor and Karla Prime, while Althea Alexis and Candia James are prosecuting.

Boisselle said when he passed Adjoha Street and reached the corner of Maraj Street, the three men stopped him. After his conversation with the men, Boisselle said he stopped and boarded a car but to his surprise the men followed him. He came out the car and the trio told him that “someone down the road got shot”.  He told them he did not know what they were talking about.

Boisselle explained that he then walked to the Croisee and crossed the Priority Bus Route.

“But the men came behind me again. They wanted me to come back down the road. I told them I am not coming. I don’t know what they talking about, and I jump in a car and I went down home.”   He said he visited his relatives about 5.30 pm and was dressed in a white vest and blue long pants.

In earlier evidence, the eight year-old son of the deceased Earlon Gill Jr, said he saw Boisselle shoot his father in the head and had pointed him out in an ID parade.

When hearing resumes today, defence and prosecuting attorneys will address the jury. The judge will sum-up the case on Tuesday.