A man accused of murdering Shane Minors told a jury he was home at his aunt’s house at the time.Ronniko Burchall, 22, said allegations by his half-brother Leroy Symons that he was the gunman are untrue, and Mr Symons is not a person who can be trusted.“I wasn’t there. It wasn’t me,” he insisted.Mr Burchall is alleged to have shot 30-year-old Mr Minors on the doorstep of his home in South Terrace, Pembroke, at 1.12am on December 17, 2009.Mr Symons, 21, told police that he showed Mr Burchall how to use a gun and how to find the back route to Mr Minors’ home. He alleged that his brother later confessed to carrying out the shooting.Both men are on trial at Supreme Court accused of murder, with Mr Burchall further accused of using a firearm to commit murder. They deny the charges.Mr Burchall took to the witness stand to give evidence in his own defence yesterday. He told the jury he spent the evening of December 16 at the home of his girlfriend in Cedar Park, Devonshire.He said he called a taxi and left the house at 11.45pm, later changing his time estimate to 11.40pm. He said he got to his aunt’s home in North Street, Pembroke, around 12.05am or 12.10am.“I had a pinging headache,” he told the jury, explaining his aunt, Belvina Burt, answered the door to him and he asked her for an Advil tablet.He said he then fell asleep and woke around 7am the next morning. He said he drove to the scene of the killing off Friswell’s Hill as he wanted to see what had happened after hearing about it on the radio, then he went to work.Mr Burchall explained he was working as a mechanic at the bus garage at the time, but later lost his job due to the allegations against him.Quizzed by his lawyer, Jerome Lynch QC, Mr Burchall said Mr Symons his half-brother through the same mother is not truthful.“He likes to lie. He’s not someone I can trust,” he told the jury.He spoke of seeing Mr Symons on the evening before the killing on Middle Terrace, Pembroke, before going to visit his girlfriend. According to Mr Symons, this is when the pair discussed the gun and directions to the victim’s house.However, Mr Burchall told the jury: “I saw him there, gave him fists, and went on talking to the others.”He told the court he already knew the back route leading to Mr Minors’ house from Victor Scott School as he once lived in the Friswell’s Hill area.According to prosecutors, Mr Burchall carried out the killing on behalf of the Parkside gang, to avenge the murder of his childhood friend Gary (Fingaz) Cann two days before, and a shooting at gang mentor Raymond (Yankee) Rawlins 16 hours before.Police expert Sergeant Alexander Rollin told the trial on Tuesday that Mr Cann was high up in the Parkside gang and Mr Rawlins was a figure respected by Parkside and their allies in the Middletown gang.Sgt Rollin said Shane was not a gang member, but his brother Shaki Minors was in the 42 gang. Prosecutor Robert Welling has told the jury that Shane was only shot because he was Shaki’s brother, and Parkside were seeking vengeance on 42.Yesterday, Mr Burchall told the jury Mr Cann was not a friend he socialised with and he would not seek retribution for his death.He confirmed Mr Rawlins was his godfather and they were close.Sgt Rollin gave evidence that he used to see Mr Burchall socialising with Parkside gang members and Middletown gang members.Asked by Mr Lynch if he’s in a gang, Mr Burchall replied that he is not, and he has no tattoos or gang jewellery. Neither does he have any previous convictions.Ms Subair suggested Mr Burchall was intrigued and fascinated by Bermuda’s gun culture, but he denied this.“You were always trying to show some kind of thug hardness to Leroy to impress him, weren’t you?” asked Ms Subair.“That is incorrect,” said Mr Burchall, who began to laugh. When Ms Subair asked why he was laughing, he pointed at the sleeve of his shirt as he replied: “You’re dealing with a person who’s got a lot of tricks up here.”The case continues.