A woman who held the lease to wanted fugitive Omari Gordon's hideaway yesterday told a magistrate she'd rented it "for a friend".

Davina Ratteray was charged with obstructing justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice after Gordon was found in the Sandys apartment last year.

The 27-year-old became the target of a 13-month manhunt after he allegedly shot at three officers in the Middle Town, Pembroke area on November 29, 2008 and escaped.

He has since been charged with discharging shots from a firearm and making use of a firearm with intent to resist arrest.

According to Police statements read yesterday by prosecutor Maria Sofianos, Ratteray began renting the fully-furnished lower apartment in the two-unit building in July 2009.

Landlord Gloria Joell, who lived in the upstairs apartment, told investigators Ratteray paid $2000 a month in cash for the apartment but was rarely seen there. She said she occasionally saw a black jeep and a black motorcycle.

Ms Joell said she was in the UK when she received a telephone call from her mother saying Police pulled an unknown man with a large afro out of the apartment.

She said she found out that the man was Gordon, after she returned to the Island.

A Police search of the apartment revealed a cell phone and a Belco bill in Ratteray's name, addressed to the apartment.

The electricity company's records showed the 43-year-old had been paying the bill since July 2009.

Investigating officer Detective Sergeant Jason Smith arrested the CableVision employee at her job.

She reportedly told him then: "I rented the apartment for a friend and I turned on the lights for someone."

Det. Sgt. Smith said he received a phone call at one point during the investigation, from a man in Jamaica, Eugene Ascento Grant.

He said that Mr. Grant, also known as "Fields" told him he was Ratteray's boyfriend and that she had no idea Gordon had moved into the apartment.

"He told me that she rented the apartment for him. He used it to take other women [there] for trips," Det. Sgt. Smith said.

"He said one of Omari's friends asked if he could stay for a bit, and he told him 'cool'. He said Ratteray did not know what was going on."

The phone call took place on January 18, after Ratteray and Gordon had both been arrested.

Ratteray's lawyer Charles Richardson said the case should be dismissed as there was a lack of evidence against his client.

"Davina rented an apartment and was seen there in the immediate aftermath and only occasionally after. And then there's the Belco bill.

"The only thing proved is that Ratteray paid the rent and the power bill. She had no idea Gordon was there, and there's nothing to contradict that. Police can't even say how long he was there. He had been on the run since November 2008, but the apartment was rented in July 09. Where was he before then?"

Mr. Richardson said the phone call from Mr. Grant supported his client's version of events.

Asked by Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo why the defendant would rent an apartment for her boyfriend to bring women to, Mr. Richardson said: "I don't know if he told her that."

Mr. Richardson, who also represents Gordon, argued that his client could not be charged with both conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstructing justice.

"You can't expect my client to defend herself from attacks on both sides," he said. "It has to be one or the other."

Mr. Tokunbo adjourned the trial until July 27. He allowed Ratteray's bail conditions to continue.