Former girlfriend of alleged killer faces cross examination
CBC
The former girlfriend of Robby Polchies came under cross examination Tuesday in the third week of Polchies' murder trial in Fredericton.
Polchies, of Kingsclear First Nation, is charged with first-degree murder in the killing Corey Sisson, 19, on July 29, 2019.
Jahradd (Jo) Williams took the stand for a second day Tuesday morning. On Monday, the court heard that the couple first became romantically involved in 2017 and that Williams, 31, was there the day Polchies, 34, allegedly shot Sisson.
During cross examination, defence lawyer Brian Munro pointed out inconsistencies between the statements Williams made under oath to police and her testimony on Monday.
On Monday, Williams said she witnessed two shots, the first hit Sisson in the chest and the second in the neck, and that she closed her eyes for a third shot.
Munro pointed out that in one of the statements Williams gave under oath to police she said that Polchies shot Sisson in the head and "belly laughed" about it. Munro played the recorded interview for the court.
Williams answered Munro, saying that when she opened her eyes, she saw blood trickling down Sisson's forehead and assumed the third shot hit him in the head.
Munro then pointed out in a previous statement Williams gave in August of 2019, she graphically detailed the severity of the head injuries Sisson sustained. Sgt. Rick Mooney of the Fredericton police force testified earlier in the trial to the statement.
Williams said she barely remembers Sgt. Mooney.
"It's a very vague thing, again, like bear in mind all of this came amongst drug use," she said.
Munro also questioned her about whether she touched Sisson. In a statement on Dec. 4, Williams told police that she caught Sisson as he fell. Munro brought up that Williams told the jury the day before that she didn't touch him.
Williams said it was poor wording. That she physically never caught anyone but instinctively made a move to catch him.
In that same statement on Dec. 4, Munro said that Williams told police that after shooting Sisson, Polchies pointed the gun at the back of her head, something that didn't come up in her testimony Monday.
Williams said she "vaguely" remembered it.
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