A woman testified in Supreme Court that the shooting murder of her boyfriend Garry Cann, plus having a firearm pointed at her, was “the most traumatic experience that I’ve ever been through in my life”.

Sancha Durham insisted that she saw the weapon as a gunman emerged from the darkness outside her residence.

Both she and Mr Cann fled for cover when a shot was fired as they exited her car.

The attack, on the night of December 15, 2009, left Mr Cann dead.

Two Sandys men — Zikai Cann, 24, and Jermaine Simmons, 38 — jointly deny the premeditated murder, plus using a firearm.

“I battle every day with that,” Ms Durham said, responding to defence cross-examination over whether she’d definitely seen the gun.

“From the time I left the hospital and Garry was pronounced dead, to this day, I’ve always seen the gun pointed at me.”

The Crown asserts that the accused Mr Zikai Cann is linked to the murder by DNA and gun shot residue particles found on clothes retrieved from a nearby home.

Both defendants can be found guilty of the murder, even if only one of them is found guilty of firing the gun.

At the time of Mr Garry Cann’s killing, Zikai Cann lived with family a short distance west of Ms Durham’s residence on Sound View Road, Sandys.

Ms Durham told the court the accused had visited her home as a child, to play with her younger brother.

She said she and her boyfriend had seen the accused walking on the road outside “maybe a few months before the actual incident”.

An area resident, who cannot be named for legal reasons, testified that he’d left his house around 10pm that night, and heard a popping sound that he mistook for a motorcycle backfiring as he unlocked his bike.

A few minutes later, passing the New Testament Church close to the scene, the witness said he happened to glance over and spot two figures in the parking lot getting onto a bike.

“Two small people; I thought it was probably a guy and a girl,” he said. “I thought they were up there doing the wild thing. I don’t know, though. It wasn’t a stare, like neighbourhood watch.”

He said he didn’t notice anyone else around.

Next on the stand was Detective Don Desilva of the Serious Crime Unit, who said he’d known the victim personally by his nickname, “Fingas”.

Informed on December 16, 2009 of the Mr Cann’s murder, Det Desilva told the court he’d attended a nearby residence with other officers.

“Based on information received, we had a person of interest in custody relative to this matter, and her residence was at No. 3 White Gate Lane,” he said, giving the occupant’s name as Tiffany Eatherley.

The home, he said, was behind the New Testament Church, on a lane that could be reached by a shortcut through the church property — “a short distance from where the shooting was”.

During their search of the woman’s residence, Det Desilva said he’d noticed what he took to be a men’s jacket and jeans, damp, on the floor.

Both garments were bagged as evidence and were produced yesterday in court.

Det Desilva told defence lawyer Charles Richardson the jacket was extra large, and the jeans had a 42in waist.

Throwing off his lawyer’s gowns, Mr Richardson tried on both the jacket and the jeans in court, to show the jury their size.

Calling the jacket “big”, Mr Richardson observed of the jeans: “They fit right over my clothing.”

The trial continues today.