Police called to a murder scene in which two people were shot unearthed drugs and wads of cash, as well as a number of bullets and shell casings at the property.

During the fourth day of the trial of Julian Washington yesterday, the jury heard evidence from a number of officers called to the apartment on The Glebe Road in Pembroke on the evening of January 8, 2012. Police were called to the scene at around 9pm after a gunman fired several shots into the ground floor studio, where Maxwell Hayward was celebrating his 21st birthday with a group of friends.

Party guest Stefan Burgess, 24, who was leaving the party when the waiting gunman struck, was killed in the shooting, while another guest, Davano Bremer, was injured.

Mr Washington, from Grace Lane, Pembroke, has pleaded not guilty to the pre-mediated murder of Mr Burgess, the attempted murder of Mr Bremer, using a firearm to carry out the offences, and handling ammunition.

Taking the witness box yesterday, Detective Constable Jewel Hayward of the Bermuda Police Service forensic support unit said he arrived at Mr Hayward’s apartment at around 10.45pm.

Questioned by prosecutor Garrett Byrne, the officer confirmed that he saw three shell casings on the driveway outside the property. He also found one spent bullet on the ground and a second projectile lodged in a love seat inside the studio.

Searching a chest of drawers, Det Con Hayward said he found a ziplock bag and a clear plastic twist both containing “apparent plant material”. Alongside the bags was a roll of banknotes to the value of “approximately $11,000” according to the police officer.

A search of the back yard of the property the following day uncovered a yellow tub containing two plastic bags of an off-white coloured substance, Det Con Hayward said.

The evidence was secured in evidence bags and sent to a forensics expert in Miami, the court heard.

Mr Washington was arrested by police on the morning after the shooting. Police Constable Garwin Phillips of the Armed Response Unit was on mobile patrol on Canal Road in Pembroke when he spotted the suspect — who he knew “very well” — being ridden on a motorbike.

“I was aware that the police had an interest in Julian,” Pc Phillips told the court.

He added that, as he pulled Mr Washington over, he noticed the suspect take a cell phone out of his pocket. Pc Phillips seized the phone from Mr Washington and later marked it as an exhibit.

Cross-examined by defence lawyer Larry Mussenden, Pc Phillips agreed that Mr Washington had cooperated with the police “most of the time — except when I asked for the phone”.

“He was about to use it and I said ‘hand it over’ and he didn’t comply — that’s when I grabbed it,” he said.

And the officer denied suggestions that he had searched Mr Washington after the suspect had been stopped.

“We didn’t search him because we knew what we wanted him for, so touching him would not be in our best purpose — if he was involved in using a firearm, you do not touch him,” Pc Phillips said.

“I am going to suggest that you patted Mr Washington down as part of your search,” Mr Mussenden pressed.

“I did not,” the officer replied.

The court also heard the testimony of Phillip Jones, a doctor who was on duty at the Emergency Department of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital on the night an unconscious Mr Burgess was rushed in.

In a statement read out in court, Dr Jones said that Mr Burgess arrived at the hospital at 9.13pm suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. He was placed on a ventilator, and CPR was carried out. However, attempts to revive him failed, and he was pronounced dead at 9.31pm.

The trial continues today.