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TCD director testifies in murder trial

The Supreme Court heard yesterday that there was no information in records at the Transport Control Department to determine where a man accused of a 2020 murder lived at the time of the incident.

Chris Spencer, the TCD director, told the court about the procedure in which an individual’s information is recorded at the department.

The witness said that in January 2023, the department was contacted by police to verify information regarding Davin Dill’s address.

Under cross-examination, Mr Spencer told the court that the last recorded information of Mr Dill’s address at TCD was in 2014.

The witness agreed, when put to him by Charles Richardson for the defence, that there was no information at the department to “assert” where Mr Dill was living at the time of the murder.

The questions put to the witness related to the ownership of a car which was found by police on June 15, 2020 during their investigations.

Jurors heard that the car was found close to the southwestern side of a field, in the vicinity of Paget Primary School.

The court was previously shown CCTV footage from the Rubis service station on South Road, Warwick, in which the victim, Joshua Rowse, and others were seen to arrive shortly after 7pm.

While Mr Rowse stood outside the store, a black car is seen to pull up and two men get out, one from the passenger’s seat and the other from the back seat on the driver’s side.

The men chased Mr Rowse around the side of the building, with the black car following behind.

Seconds later, Mr Rowse was seen to walk back into frame hunched over and holding his abdomen.

Mr Dill, 27, has denied charges that he murdered Mr Rowse, 22, in the June 14, 2020 incident and that he had a bladed article, specifically a knife, in a public place.

Yesterday, evidence was admitted to the court of Mr Dill’s medical condition days before the murder.

It included information that the defendant was involved in a vehicular accident on May 28, 2020 and had a tube placed in his chest while he was admitted at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.

The jury heard that Mr Dill was discharged from hospital on June 11, 2020.

A police witness earlier told the court that Mr Dill was arrested on September 30, 2021 for the murder of Mr Rowse.

A doctor who performs medical assessments for the Bermuda Police Service also gave evidence regarding wounds he observed on Mr Dill during a medical examination at the Hamilton Police Station two days after the murder.

The trial continues.

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