Alleged associate of accused killer feared for his safety days after Sisson's body found, jury hears
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A man police say was an associate of Robby Polchies feared for his safety in the days after Corey Sisson was found dead, a jury heard Friday.
RCMP Cpl. Jordan Landry testified Friday in the first-degree murder trial of Polchies about how he tracked down and eventually convinced Darrell Green to provide a sworn statement at a hotel room in Woodstock, N.B.
However, Green was initially reluctant to speak to police, and expressed fears about "certain individuals," Landry testified.
"Mr. Green, like I said, was quite reluctant to give a statement. He expressed his fear for his safety. Did not want to attend the police station."
Polchies, of Kingsclear First Nation, is accused of killing Sisson, 19, on July 29, 2019, and charged with first-degree murder. His trial began last week in Fredericton.
The court heard earlier in the trial that Green was a known associate of Polchies and another man, named Josh O'Hara.
Court also previously heard that Green had a bookbag police believed to be Corey Sisson's, after Sisson was reported missing and that he left Fredericton in the days following Sisson's disappearance to stay with his sister, Tressa Brown, near Woodstock.
Landry testified he was briefed on the case on Aug. 9, and later assigned to be a "task runner," which saw him tracking down potential witnesses and asking them to provide sworn statements about what they knew.
Landry said he attended a briefing as part of the investigation on Aug. 11, where he first heard mention of Green.
On Aug. 12, using information from a probation office, Landry said he was able to track Green down at his foster father's home on Canterbury Drive in Fredericton.
Landry said Green was initially reluctant to provide a sworn statement, but eventually agreed to meet with police at a hotel in Woodstock that afternoon to provide a video recorded statement.
Landry said he and another officer, RCMP Const. Jamie Grant, met Green, and his foster father, Leonard Green, at the hotel at 3:30 p.m. that day, and the statement took about an hour.
Landry did not go into what Darrell Green said in his statement.
Landry said Green informed him that rather than going back to Fredericton after providing his statement, he'd be going to stay with his sister, Tressa Brown, at her Woodstock home.
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