A woman who left a sports club just before a man was shot dead in the doorway yesterday identified the person accused of his murder as the gunman.

The witness told Supreme Court that she had recognised the shooter as Jeremiah Dill, who is charged with the murder of Perry Puckerin eight years ago.

The woman said the gunman, who wore a hood with a camouflage outfit, pointed a handgun in her face and told her not to move moments before he shot Mr Puckerin on the night of January 3, 2010.

The witness, then a member of staff at Hamilton Parish Workman’s Club, cannot be identified under a court order from Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves.

Mr Puckerin, who witnesses earlier in the trial said had vowed to steer clear of the “war” between two gangs, had been at the club that day with members of the 42 gang from Pembroke.

The woman agreed with Craig Attridge, for the defence, that David Cox, a gang member later jailed for murder, had been among them — and that he had fought outside with a man called Tamasgan Furbert.

The court heard both Mr Furbert and the defendant were later held by police over the shooting of Mr Puckerin.

The jury also heard that Mr Dill was shot and wounded later that year as a “reprisal” for the murder.

The witness, who broke down in tears as she gave evidence, said she had stayed in her house for “months” after Mr Puckerin, a close friend, was killed.

She added she was consumed with guilt over Mr Puckerin’s death because “he came back so we could go out” after the workman’s club shut that night.

The witness agreed with Mr Attridge that she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression diagnosed in the wake of the killing.

Mr Justice Greaves warned the jury that the woman’s brain condition, which started to affect her this year, meant that “she has an inability in remembering certain things”.

The jury reviewed CCTV footage shown on Wednesday of the club bar, where guests and staff were packing up for the night, and the open area outside, where the gunman paced from one side of the building to the other.

The woman witness said she froze as shots rang out.

She added: “I couldn’t move. I don’t know how to say it — I couldn’t do nothing.”

She disagreed with Mr Attridge as they examined footage from CCTV outside the club, which the defence said appeared to show her taking cover behind a palm tree.

The witness admitted she had lied to police in parts of her earlier statements and had failed at first to identify Mr Dill as the gunman.

She told the court: “I was scared.”

But Mr Attridge suggested she had been uncertain in her statements to police because “you weren’t sure that you were right”.

The court heard that she had been able to look into the gunman’s eyes outside the club, and that she recognised him as Mr Dill, someone she said she had known since childhood.

Mr Justice Greaves asked her: “Are you mistaken about your identification of Mr Dill as the shooter?”

The witness responded: “No, I know who it was.”

The trial continues.

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