Murder-accused Antoine Anderson became angry at a detective who was trying to take a statement from his sister giving him an alibi, a jury heard yesterday.

Detective Constable Windol Thorpe visited the Pembroke residence of Anderson's sister Tyeasha Anderson Cameron and her husband Philip Bradshaw as part of the investigation into the shooting of Aquil Richardson.

Bradshaw is on trial alongside Antoine Anderson, charged with murdering Mr. Richardson and injuring another man, Lavar Smith, during the same incident in Camp Hill, Southampton on Boxing Day 2007. They deny the charges.

Det. Con. Thorpe explained that the purpose of his visit to Bradshaw and Ms Anderson Cameron's home in Curving Avenue, Pembroke on February 18, 2008 was to get a written statement from her about an alibi she'd verbally given Police for her brother.

She had told them Anderson was at home with her and her husband at the time Mr. Richardson was killed.

She and Bradshaw agreed to make written statements but then a problem came up.

"Around this time Antoine Anderson arrived and became very loud and abusive. He made certain statements (that he) wants us to leave his family alone," said Det. Con. Thorpe.

He continued: "I tried to explain to him that Tyeasha and her husband were providing an alibi statement that he was in the house at the time of the shooting. He continued to be hyped and abusive. He was a very angry person."

The result, said Det. Con. Thorpe, was that it was impossible to take a statement at that time. He eventually recorded one from Ms Anderson Cameron in the presence of her husband three days later.

In answer to a question from Senior Crown counsel Carrington Mahoney, the officer said Bradshaw was not a suspect in the case at the time of the February 18 visit to his home.

On Friday, the jury heard a taped Police interview conducted with Antoine Anderson on January 3, 2008.

In it, he stated that he was at his sister's home in Pembroke on the night of the killing.

However, straight after the tape was played, his lawyers handed the jury a "notice of alibi". This stated Anderson's current position that he was at a house in St. George's that night.

Anderson was arrested in connection with the murder on February 28 and Bradshaw on March 3, with the men charged in Magistrates' Court on March 4. Their trial at the Supreme Court began last Monday.

According to prosecutors, the accused men arrived in Camp Hill on a motorcycle between 8.30 p.m. and 9 p.m. on the night of the incident, dressed in black.

The pillion passenger is said to have shot at a group of men which included Aquil Richardson and Lavar Smith before dismounting and shooting Mr. Richardson twice in the head while he was on the ground.

Crown counsel Carrington Mahoney told the opening of the trial that investigators found gunshot residue on a jacket worn by Bradshaw that night and on a pair of pants belonging to Anderson.

The jury heard further evidence yesterday from Florida-based crime scene expert Janice Johnson.

She told the court she was handed various items by the Bermuda Police Service on March 15 which she took back to the US with her.

These included four bullet cases, a spent slug, and "gunshot residue stamps" taken from a car. She was also handed two Nike sneakers, a silver and gold watch, and two gold rings.

Ms Johnson explained she'd also been given a "gunshot residue stamp" taken during the autopsy on Mr. Richardson, two bullet slugs recovered during the autopsy, and one recovered during surgery.

The witness went on to explain how she received various clothing items from Candy Zuleger at US company Trinity DNA Solutions. These included items that the jury has already heard were seized during Police searches of the defendants' homes.

Ms Johnson swabbed suspected blood stains on some of the garments and used a sticky stub on each one to pick up any gunshot residue, sending the swabs and stubs off to other US firms for further analysis.

The case continues.