The trial of four men accused of the fatal shooting of a teenager began in the Supreme Court today with the jury watching CCTV footage of the crime.

A brief video clip without sound showed a man in dark clothing run through the parking lot of the Brightside Guest House in Flatts.

He was followed by a man in a red shirt, who sat with his back to a wall as a motorcycle pulled up to the entrance of the parking area.

The motorcycle’s pillion passenger dismounted the vehicle and went to the man in red, pointing at him with his outstretched arm before running back to the motorcycle and riding away.

QuaZori Brangman, Jukai Burgess, Aaron Perinchief and Nasaje Anderson have denied charges that they murdered 19-year-old Letrae Doeman and used a firearm to commit an indictable offence.

At the opening of trial, the jury heard that Mr Doeman was shot ten times in the early hours of July 1, 2022.

Cindy Clarke, the Director of Public Prosecutions, said that morning Mr Doeman was the pillion passenger on a motorcycle ridden by Natrae Eversley and heading west on North Shore Road.

She said the vehicle was seen to take the bend outside the Brightside Guest House, but then made a sharp left turn at the junction as if to go over Flatts hill.

“Several shots were discharged at Mr Doeman and Mr Eversley at this point, causing them to come off the cycle and run towards the Brightside car park,” Ms Clarke said.

“Mr Doeman was followed into the car park and was shot multiple times.”

Police received several reports of gunshots at about 1.12am.

Officers discovered Mr Doeman at the scene and attempted to give him CPR.

The victim was taken to the Emergency Room at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1.55am.

“The autopsy found that he had ten gunshot wounds,” Ms Clarke said.

“The most significant wound entered his left lower back and the projectile injured multiple organs prior to coming to rest loose within the left chest cavity.

“That particular wound would have caused death within a short period, within a small number of minutes.”

Ms Clarke said Mr Eversley also received treatment at the hospital, with a bullet removed from his right elbow.

Adley Duncan, for the Crown, said in his opening statement that evidence would show that each of the four defendants played a role in the premeditated murder of Mr Doeman.

He said that hours after the shooting, police attended a home in St David’s where they arrested Mr Brangman and Mr Burgess.

A search of the property led to the discovery of a trash bag that contained two bags filled with clothing.

Mr Duncan said that as a result of testing, gunshot residue and particles consistent with gunshot residue were found on the clothes, while DNA testing connected the clothing to Mr Brangman and Mr Anderson.

Not long after Mr Brangman and Mr Burgess were arrested, police attended a nearby home and arrested Mr Anderson after he was “taken down from a tree” by officers.

Police subsequently arrested Mr Perinchief at a Southampton residence, where they also discovered a motorcycle without a licence plate.

“It is a bike, the prosecution is saying, featured in the crime footage,” Mr Duncan said.

“I expect you will hear evidence that when police went to the premises to arrest Mr Perinchief, that he had cleaning products in his hands, with respect to the bike with no plates that was featured in the crime footage.”

Pc William Philgence told the court that he was dispatched to the shooting and, when he arrived at the area, he saw Mr Eversley running to the junction.

“I noticed he was holding his right hand close to his chest,” he said. “Because the incident that we were dispatched to was a shooting incident, I assumed he was shot.”

Mr Philgence then went to the parking lot, where he saw Mr Doeman sat on the ground with his back to a wall, breathing shallowly.

He told the court he attempted to speak to the victim, but he did not respond.

“He just looked at me with a blank stare on his face,” he said.

“I lifted his clothing to see if he had any injuries consistent with gunshot wounds but I didn’t see any injuries.”

Mr Philgence said Mr Doeman then fell to his side and stopped breathing, so he performed CPR on the victim until EMTs arrived on the scene.

The trial continues.

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