A witness to a double murder testified from the grave yesterday when his statement to police was entered into evidence.
Tevari Williams, the nephew of murder accused George Williams, died in a motorbike crash in 2011.
Williams is on trial for the April 23, 2008 murders of Terrel "Sleepy" Mingo and Andrew Weekes at Adventurer's Way, Grand Bahama.
He has denied the allegations at his trial before Justice Roy Jones and is defending himself.
Inspector Mark Barrett, who recorded Williams' witness statement, read the document into evidence.
According to Williams' account, the defendant saw him with a gold Presidential Rolex watch and kept pressing him about where he got it from.
In the statement, the witness said that after his uncle pulled a gun on him, he told his uncle Sleepy gave him the luxury watch.
The witness said that Williams told him to get into a car that was driven by someone named Gubba and they went to collect Sleepy.
He said that Williams pulled a gun on Sleepy and ordered him into the car. He then pressed him about the source of the watch.
Sleepy pretended that he didn't know what Williams was talking about, but he eventually said it was part of a jewelry collection stolen from the home of a drug dealer called Cabbage.
According to the witness, Williams then said that the stakes had risen because Cabbage had tried to kill him before.
The witness said at Gubba's suggestion, Williams and Sleepy went behind a house to discuss how the loot should be shared.
The witness said Williams shot Sleepy for refusing to share the jewelry with him. He said Williams ran behind another man who was walking away and shot him in the head.
The witness said his uncle spared his life, telling him "the only reason I ain't kill you is because you is my blood."
Neil Brathwaite is prosecuting.

Click here to read more at The Nassau Guardian