Justice Charles Quin heard tape recordings of a police
interview with Jordan Manderson, who changed his account of what happened on 11
March, 2010, the evening Marcos Duran was fatally shot in West Bay.
Mr. Manderson was subsequently charged with his murder and
pleaded not guilty. The defendant also
received a gunshot wound that evening, which the Crown contends was inflicted
in a struggle during an attempt to rob Mr. Duran.
The interview tapes were played on Friday afternoon and part
of Monday morning. Detective Constable Paul Innis, who conducted the interview
about a month after Mr. Duran’s fatal shooting, explained the interview process
and answered questions.
Jordan Manderson was 16 at the time of the shooting; he
turned 17 the following month and is 18 now. Because of his age at the time of
the interview, he was accompanied by a social worker throughout and an attorney
at the beginning. Another police officer was also present.
In the interview Mr. Manderson named Andy Barnes and then
Damion Ming as the person who shot him. Two witnesses have given evidence that
Mr. Barnes was at their home at the time.
The court has also heard from the mother of Mr. Ming’s child
that he was home with her and his sister at the time of the shooting. Mr. Ming
was fatally shot on 25 March, 2010, also in West Bay.
When the interview with Mr. Manderson began on 9 April,
2010, he was reminded of a report he made and then a statement in which he said
he left home around 6.55pm, walking, to visit a friend, when he was shot by
Andy Barnes. He said a man in a grey van picked him up and carried him home,
where his father helped him and then a neighbour drove him to the hospital.
Mr. Innis told the defendant, “I understand you were in
excruciating pain and this was tragic for you, so I will not hold it against
you if you made a mistake.”
Mr. Manderson maintained his account.
Asked to explain how his blood was at the apartment building
on Maliwinas Way where Mr. Duran was killed, the defendant then said he went
there to buy weed.
He said while he had been walking, a male in a blue car
stopped and asked if he knew where he could buy a draw of weed. He said yes and
got in the car and they went to Maliwinas Way to buy from a man named Mark.
He said he went around to the back of the building and
called for Mark but didn’t see him. When he walked back in front, he saw a guy
walking down the stairs. Then Mr. Manderson saw two guys running towards him
and he took off up the stairs.
He said he was shot on the stairs and pretended he was dead.
After he was shot, “they” ran across him and went upstairs.
The court has already heard that Mr. Duran was found shot on
the upstairs landing.
Mr. Manderson said the man at the bottom of the stairs shot
him and the man at the top “took a shot at the next guy.” He identified Andy Barnes as the man at the
bottom and Damion Ming as the man at the top.
Mr. Innis said the bullet entrance wound in Mr. Manderson’s
leg was higher that the exit wound, [as orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Ajit Ambekar
has testified].
The defendant agreed that the shooter was above him but
pointed out, “That night I was in shock. I don’t know what happen.”
He said Andy Barnes was downstairs with a .45 handgun and
Damion Ming was upstairs with a .38.
Asked who shot him, Mr. Manderson said Ming. Asked why he
had figured it was Andy Barnes who shot him, he said Andy had threatened him
before.
After the two men jumped in their car and drove off, Mr.
Manderson said, he hopped to the blue car he came in. The man drove him to near
where he had picked him up and then tried to push him out of the car. A white
car must have been right behind – that driver took him home.
Asked why he didn’t tell this account earlier, Mr. Manderson
replied he was afraid he’d be locked up for the man’s murder. He said he was going to tell police later.
He said Damion and Andy had plans to rob “this brother”, who
had about nine thousand dollars.
Asked how he knew that, Mr. Manderson said while he was in
hospital, he heard on the radio that Mr. Duran was selling numbers and people
robbed him.
Asked how he came up with the specific figure 9,000, Mr.
Manderson said he just heard it from all kinds of people.
Mr. Innis recapped the account and asked why Mr. Manderson
hadn’t named Damion Ming from the beginning.
“I just so frighten I don’t even know what to say,” the teen
replied.
Asked what he was afraid of, he said, “I just don’t want to
go to jail, blood, I never done anything.”
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