A witness called in the Ajamu Hollis murder trial in the Supreme Court yesterday was challenged by counsel for the defence about details he conveyed to the police after the incident.

Charles Richardson said that Dion Ball Jr left out information in his statement to Detective Timothy Harvey.

Mr Richardson repeatedly referred to the five or six lines of the police statement and remarked that it lacked information provided later.

“I said a lot of things to Mr Harvey, but he didn’t put it in his statement,” Mr Ball said.

Mr Hollis is on trial for the murder of Daemon Bell at Shelly Bay Park in Hamilton Parish on February 22, 2022. Mr Bell was Mr Ball’s brother-in-law.

During the trial, Mr Ball said that he saw Mr Hollis pull a gardening hoe out of his pants on the night of the incident.

Mr Richardson asked Mr Ball where Mr Hollis placed the garden hoe, which was allegedly used to hit Mr Bell.

Mr Ball said that the hoe was in the left pant leg of the accused as he walked toward Mr Bell. The court provided the murder weapon in a plastic bag to Mr Ball to visually show the jury how Mr Hollis put it in his pant leg.

Mr Richardson asked Mr Ball how many times Mr Bell was struck with the hoe. Mr Ball said Mr Hollis tapped his brother-in-law with the handle before hitting him.

The witness told the court that he followed Mr Hollis up the hill after the incident.

Mr Richardson contended that Mr Ball stalked Mr Hollis back to his bike and kicked the keys out of his hand to prevent him from getting on the vehicle.

The defence counsel also said that Mr Ball was carrying a bat.

Mr Ball acknowledged in court that after his statement to the police he retrieved the bat and then headed to the hospital to see Mr Bell. Mr Ball confirmed that he was not aware that he was being filmed on CCTV cameras.

The jury was shown several video clips where Mr Hollis is filmed before the alleged attack. In the footage, he is seen leaving the field on his bike and then returning on his bike.

Mr Richardson said the blade of the hoe can be seen over the defendant’s left handle bar on his return trip.

The next part of the video shows three men heading up a hill after the incident. Mr Richardson noted that the video shows Mr Hollis, David Cumberbatch and Mr Ball. Mr Ball said he could not confirm that was Mr Cumberbatch heading up the hill with him.

For the Crown, Carrington Mahoney asked whether Mr Hollis said “I’m sorry”. Mr Ball responded: “Yes”.

The trial continues.