In the weeks and months after Justin Breau was fatally stabbed in his Charles Street home, authorities zeroed in on Charles Shatford, whose sibling Mark had really been fired to fatality by Breau 3 years beforehand.
The week after Breau’s fatality, Saint John authorities carried out a search warrant at Shatford’s Waterloo Street home, based on proof bought in on the take a look at on Wednesday.
He was likewise spoken with further formally at his home onSept 15, 2022.
In these conferences, which have been wager the courtroom on Wednesday, Shatford rejects ever earlier than conventionBreau He said he had really simply seen him a lot of instances in courtroom when Breau bought on take a look at. And additionally after that, said Shatford, Breau had really been utilizing a masks.
Shatford said he confronted Breau at Tim Hortons on Waterloo Street a few hours previous to Breau’s fatality. He said each traded phrases. He said Breau said, “How you doin’, bro?”
Shatford said he actually didn’t additionally acknowledged it was Breau up till an individual knowledgeable him minutes in a while.
Charles Shatford is seen basing on the walkway, worn black, outdoors the house of Donald Walker at 3:45 p.m. onAug 17, 2022, on this photograph drawn from security and safety video clip. (Court of King’s Bench/ CBC)
But when authorities spoke with Shatford 5 days in a while, he said he confronted Breau on Waterloo Street 2 days previous to his fatality.
Shatford said he punched him within the face and positioned him in a choke maintain up till Breau handed out.
“I choked him and he went to sleep. I walked away and went home,” he clarified to the policeman.
But when he was detained in January 2023, Shatford was confronted by authorities regarding quite a few incongruities in his story, consisting of the battle on the street.
DetConst Tony Gilbert knowledgeable Shatford that authorities had really tracked Breau to the north finish on the time Shatford said he knocked him out on Waterloo Street.
Gilbert confronted Shatford regarding varied different incongruities in his earlier declarations.
Justin Breau was fatally stabbed in his Charles Street home onAug 17, 2022. (Justin Breau/Facebook)
Shatford knowledgeable authorities that after acquiring his methadone and occasional from the Tim Hortons down the street, he went again to his home and after that actually didn’t go away as soon as extra up till he pursued dinner at regarding 6 p.m.
But when confronted with video clip monitoring that exposed him leaving his home at regarding 3 p.m., he said he mosted prone to the north finish, invested $50 on break up and went house to acquire excessive.
He decreased to name the place or the dope supplier.
Shatford said 2 full strangers drove him house and he actually didn’t go away as soon as extra up till dinner.
One by one, Gilbert took Shatford by way of a group of photographs drawn from security and safety digital cameras in between his Waterloo Street home and Walker’s home on Celebration Street.
Officer obstacles Shatford on incongruities
Where Shatford had really said he had not seen Walker in 3 months, the photographs bought in as shows within the take a look at reveal him and Walker on the street and getting into the very same car not lengthy up to now Breau was struck.
As Shatford repetitively firmly insisted Walker didn’t enter into the vehicles and truck, the policeman informs him the security and safety tapes present he did.
Shatford said the auto promptly dropped him off at his home by driving bySt Joseph’s Hospital, but Gilbert discloses much more nonetheless photographs that reveal the vehicles and truck getting into a varied directions.
Gilbert said the video clip reveals that the parking zone, and three of the 4 residents exit.
Donald Walker will get on take a look at for first-degree homicide within the fatality ofJustin Breau (Court of King’s Bench/ CBC)
“Who’s the three people?” Shatford asks the policeman. “It ain’t f——g me.”
Soon after, the policeman leaves the assembly area and leaves Shatford alone with the security and safety photographs.
Shatford may be seen grabbing the onerous copies and looking out very intently by way of them and sputtering to himself.
The Crown is anticipated to return to taking part in the videotaped assembly with Shatford when the take a look at returns to Thursday early morning.
