The trial of a man accused of the 2011 murder of Randy Robinson continued yesterday with evidence from a former police officer who helped to gather evidence.

Hannah Brackstone, testifying from Britain by video link, said that she was one of the forensic support unit officers dispatched to the scene of Mr Robinson’s fatal shooting on May 31, 2011.

She said that when she arrived, she noticed a man face down on the ground.

Ms Brackstone said she took photographs of the scene and returned the next day to take part in a grid search looking to find additional shell casings, but the effort yielded no results.

She said she later attended a property on Palmetto Road where she noticed two motorbikes.

Ms Brackstone said: “They were photographed and they were tested for gunshot residue and swabbed.”

Asked specifically about one of the motorcycles, she confirmed that she had carried out GRS swabs and both wet and dry DNA swabs on the vehicle’s handlebars and passenger grips.

Ms Brackstone also told the court that she was able to extract fingerprint evidence from the right side panel of the vehicle.

However, during her evidence, she accepted that she remembered very little of the investigation, given the 15 years that had passed, and relied on her statements and notes.

Under cross-examination, she maintained that her statements were factual, adding: “I recorded it at the time it happened.”

Devon Hewey has denied allegations that he was involved in the murder of Mr Robinson, a 22-year-old father, who was shot while walking along Border Lane North in Devonshire on the evening of March 31, 2011.

A witness described seeing two people drive up on a black Honda Scoopy and the pillion passenger shooting at the victim with a gun held in his left hand.

Jay Dill was previously convicted of the killing, with prosecutors asserting that he was the gunman while accusing Mr Hewey of driving the motorcycle.

Both Mr Hewey and Dill were arrested at Mr Hewey’s home in the early hours of April 1, 2011, after police executed a search warrant at the property.

Acting Superintendent Alexander Rollin told the court that in 2011 there had been a series of tit-for-tat attacks between the Parkside and the 42 gangs, rival groups both based in Pembroke.

He said that Mr Hewey and Dill were both 42 members and, while Mr Robinson was not involved with gang activity, two of his cousins were involved with Parkside.

The trial continues.

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