slash a golf caddy in a Hamilton car park, a coroner's jury heard yesterday.

The shock revelation came on the second day of a Coroner's inquest into the death of Brian Sherlock more than three years ago.

The five-man, four-woman jury was empanelled on Wednesday to determine how, when and where the 38-year-old man met his death.

And if they find that he died as a result of murder or manslaughter, they must also name the party or parties they believe to be responsible.

Mr. Sherlock was found lying in a pool of blood in the Dundonald Street car park during the early hours of the morning on May 20, 1994.

Yesterday, Det. Con. Calvin Smith read a handwritten caution statement from Paco Fubler, 23, in which the Pembroke man told Police that he and his friends Damon Smith and Michael Robinson attacked Mr. Sherlock after a night of drinking and getting high.

Mr. Fubler told Police in the October 21, 1994 statement that Mr. Smith picked up a stick, broke it into three pieces -- so each man had a length -- and suggested they go out and "kill someone''.

He claimed that when the threesome spotted Mr. Sherlock, Mr. Smith said "here's our first victim''.

But Mr. Fubler also said that he told his friends they should not pick on the man.

Det. Con. Smith said Mr. Fubler told him that the three approached Mr.

Sherlock who was lying on the ground.

"Everyone was just hitting him,'' Mr. Fubler wrote in his statement.

He told Police that Mr. Smith said "give me your knife'' and then pulled Mr.

Sherlock by the hair and cut his throat.

And he said Mr. Sherlock seemed to sleep through the entire attack.

The threesome then allegedly fled the scene, threw their sticks into the water and proceeded to a "crack house'' on Serpentine Road.

The October 21 statement was the fourth made by Mr. Fubler. In all the previous statements, Mr. Fubler either refused to answer Police questions or denied having any knowledge or involvement of the attack.

Lisa Lorhan yesterday told the Coroner's jury that she arrived at the car park around 6.15 a.m. and spotted a man lying on a "Pay and Display'' island.

She said Mr. Sherlock was lying on his right side in a pool of blood making gurgling noises.

Various people testified that they saw Mr. Sherlock lying in the car park throughout the night of May 19 as well as during the early hours of the next morning.

Mr. Sherlock was rushed to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital where doctors tried to treat his injuries which included numerous stab wounds and head injuries.

The doctors were unable to save Mr. Sherlock, who finally succumbed to haemorrhaging in the brain caused from a fractured skull, the Coroner's jury was told.

Yesterday, the jury also heard a Police statement made by Mr. Smith's cousin, Sean Smith of Pembroke.

He told Police that Damon Smith, who lived with him, had spoken to him on the morning of May 20, 1994, about the Mr. Sherlock's death.

Men went `to kill someone' In the October, 1994 statement, Sean Smith said his cousin asked him if the morning news said anything about Police finding a body.

"He had a smirk on his face,'' Sean Smith said. "He said that the body the Police found was someone he got Paco and "Bird'' to do in to keep his mouth shut.'' Mr. Smith said his cousin told him that he did not personally attack Mr.

Sherlock.

And he told Police that his cousin said "Bird'' had a knife and slashed his throat and stabbed him.

"I believed what he told me,'' Sean Smith said in his statement. "He told me straight up.'' But on the witness stand yesterday, he said his witness statement was untrue and refused to personally read it in court. A Police officer later read the statement to the jury.

"At the time I was making this witness statement I was up for a murder charge myself, I was strung out on drugs,'' he said. "I was going through a lot of trauma and I was trying to make things easier for myself by making those false statements.

"I heard something from a friend, so I thought I would use what little information I knew to ease the pressure off of me.'' The inquest continues today before Senior Coroner Will Francis with Crown counsel Nicole Stoneham and Coroner's Officer Sgt. Donald Grant conducting the case. Lawyer Elizabeth Christopher represents Mr. Smith, Marc Telemaque represents Mr. Fubler and Juan Wolffe appears on behalf of Mr. Robinson.

Brian Sherlock