One of the trio accused of murdering Matthew Clarke gave changing accounts of his movements that day in further taped Police interviews played to a jury yesterday.

However, Vernon Simons continued to deny that he'd been at Mr. Clarke's house on April 9 2008 the date he was stabbed and beaten to death in his bed.

"Like I said, I was there earlier on this year, smoked a joint, me and Shannon (Tucker.) If my forensics are there, that's what it's there from. Other than that, I ain't been there," Simons insisted.

The 24-year-old stands accused of the murder along with Tucker, 32, of Southampton and Kyle Sousa, 18, of Warwick. All three deny the charge.

Mr. Clarke, who worked for Tucker prior to his death, was found dead at his home in North Shore Road, Pembroke, shortly after 3 p.m. He'd suffered more than 20 stab wounds to his neck and chest and had been hit in the head with a metal bar at least nine times.

Simons, who worked as a construction labourer for Tucker, was quizzed over his movements that day in an initial Police interview played to the jury on Monday. He told detectives he'd been picked up by Tucker that morning, they picked up tools from a work container near Ascot's guesthouse then drove back to his house in North Street.

Simons said Tucker later took him to a store on Court Street, they returned to his house where he painted Tucker's truck, then they went into town. Simons said he visited Bermuda Housing Corporation (BHC) while Tucker drove around, then they went to C-Mart before Tucker dropped him back at his North Street home between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Simons said Tucker left in his truck to make a 3 p.m. bail appointment at Hamilton Police Station on another matter, and he fell asleep after this. He woke on time to make his way to Hamilton Police Station to make his own bail on another matter, leaving home around 5.15 p.m. He denied having anything in his hands when he left his house.

Opening the prosecution case last Thursday, Director of Public Prosecutions Rory Field told the jury at least two of the accused inflicted the fatal injuries upon Mr. Clarke. Mr. Field also alleged that Tucker's blue truck was seen in Mr. Clarke's driveway before the murder and the trio had travelled to the house together. He claimed that after the killing, Simons and Sousa dropped a bag with the metal bar into a pond, showered and disposed of their clothes.

In the tape played yesterday, Detective Sergeant Kevin Christopher told Simons he'd been depicted on footage at Dellwood school carrying a Complete Office plastic bag.

At this point, Simons agreed he'd been at the venue carrying a plastic bag. He claimed it contained golf balls and he'd been at the field watching football and hoping to find a golf club lying around there to practice his game. Simons said he did not find a golf club and left Dellwood.

Det. Sgt. Christopher asked: "Bermuda Police divers searched the pond behind Dellwood. Did you drop anything in that pond?"

Simons responded: "I threw a couple of rocks at a few ducks or something."

"Did you drop a bag in that pool?" asked the officer.

"Drop (a) bag in the pond? Yeah, I threw a rock at them, a rock or two," came the reply.

The detective then informed Simons that Police divers located a Complete Office bag in the pond, containing two rocks and a metal pipe. The suspect denied knowing anything about these items.

Det. Sgt. Christopher went on to inform the suspect that a set of keys believed to belong to Mr. Clarke were found on his property in North Street.

"I know nothing about that," he replied.

The detective challenged the suspect over his claim that he spent the day with Tucker. He told Simons he had information that Tucker actually got his hair cut around 11 a.m. at Jason's barbershop before going directly to Mr. Clarke's residence and spending at least two hours there looking at different things on the Internet.

Simons repeated that if Tucker was at the residence at any time that day, he was not with him. The accused then added further items to the list of places he'd been and things he'd done that day. He told the detectives he and Tucker also visited Alexandra Road that afternoon to drop some juice and water off for a sick girl he named as Darika Young. He said he'd bought the drinks from People's Pharmacy late morning or early afternoon.

He agreed with Det. Sgt. Christopher's observation that the times he was giving were not "flowing smoothly". The detective pointed out to Simons that People's Pharmacy, along with various other places he said he'd visited with Tucker, such as the BHC and C-Mart, is likely to have timed CCTV footage of visitors.

"I cannot understand your time frame, and I have given you numerous opportunities to truthfully explain the process," said Det. Sgt. Christopher. "I would hope that your position can be substantiated by these different things. I would say I am of the opinion it cannot be substantiated and I would like for you to truthfully explain everything that occurred on that day."

Simons then proceeded to give a further lengthy account of his whereabouts, but continued to deny visiting Mr. Clarke's house. He could not explain why Police information about Tucker's movements that day conflicted with his claims they'd spent the day together. He said if forensic evidence of him being at the scene had been found, it would be from a visit he'd paid there earlier that year to smoke a joint with Tucker. The case continues.