A man accused of possessing and firing a gun was seen handling and shooting the weapon, a Supreme Court witness told police.

However, a jury at the trial of Zikai Cann, 24, of Seawall Drive, Sandys, also heard the same witness insist that she’d been lying in her account given to authorities.

Tiffany Eatherley maintained that she gave “untruths” in her story to police of the night in November 2009, when a gun was fired in her apartment and a bullet left embedded in her fridge.

Mr Cann denies both possessing a gun on a date unknown between November 11 and 16, 2009, and firing the weapon.

Opening for the prosecution yesterday, Crown counsel Loxly Ricketts told the jury his case was that Mr Cann had the gun and fired it inside Ms Eatherley’s apartment on White Gate Lane, Sandys.

“The bullet was lodged inside a refrigerator in that apartment, and it was later recovered from that refrigerator,” Mr Ricketts added.

Pc L’Oreal Gibbons told the court she’d been attached to the forensic support unit at the time she was called to the house, on December 16, 2009. Pc Gibbons discovered a bullet hole, initially concealed by a magnet, that punched through the freezer door. Officers also seized a large red rain jacket and a pair of black jeans.

Detective Constable Don Desilva, of the serious crime unit, told the court that information had been requested from Digicel regarding several phone numbers, including Ms Eatherley’s.

Ms Eatherley, a mother of two, took the stand next, telling the jury she’d used the fridge magnet to hold up school calendars — and had also used it to cover up a bullet hole.

She said she believed the shot had been made in November 2009.

Ms Eatherley was shown the clothing seized by police, but said she didn’t know whose it was — adding: “I used to have people in my house. So I don’t know whose jacket that is.”

Shown a transcript of her interview with police following her arrest in December 2009, Ms Eatherley said she didn’t recall saying any of the things in it — adding: “It’s not relevant.”

She said: “I have admitted since that I lied in that interview.”

Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves ordered her not to speak any further on that issue.

Under continued questioning, the witness said she’d been out drinking with friends on the night of the gunshot, while two young sons were out with their father for the weekend. A group returned to her house.

While in her bedroom with a couple of friends, Ms Eatherley said she heard “a loud noise”.

“My ears started ringing. It was a loud bang. I remember being startled. When I came out of my bedroom there were people going out of the kitchen door. I just wondered what had happened.”

She found the hole in the freezer door and reckoned it had been caused by a firearm, but told the jury: “To this day, I have never seen a firearm. And I don’t wish to see one.”

She was arrested about a month later, on December 16.

Ms Eatherley maintained that she didn’t remember any of her interview with police on December 31, 2009, and was told to listen to a DVD recording, made while she was still in custody.

Questioned by the prosecution about the clothing, Ms Eatherley told the court: “I said in the recording to the police that I saw Zikai wearing that jacket before — but I never saw him wear that jacket.”

She agreed that she’d told police that she’d seen Mr Cann with a gun that night.

“What about who used the gun and put the bullet in the fridge?” Mr Justice Greaves asked her, to which she replied: “In the statement I made I said it was Zikai.”

However, Ms Eatherley insisted that she didn’t know “to this day” who really fired the shot.

The court heard that she told police during her interview that the only other person present that night in her apartment was Mr Cann, and that he’d had a gun in his hand.

She also agreed with Mr Justice Greaves that, during the interview, she told police she’d seen the accused fire a bullet into the fridge.

Ms Eatherley went on: “I said that I had to find the shell from the firearm.” Police were told that Mr Cann ultimately recovered a shell, although she couldn’t say where.

“Everything that’s in here, I told the police,” Ms Eatherley added.

The trial continues today.