A police officer involved in a 2011 search of a murder suspect’s home said he did not see if the warrant used in the search had been signed.

Detective Constable Warren Bundy, of the Serious Crime Unit, told the Supreme Court that he was among officers who attended a magistrate’s home to get a warrant for Devon Hewey’s residence. He also saw the warrant given to Mr Hewey’s mother.

However, he told the court that he did not see the magistrate sign the document and did not look to see if the document read by Mr Hewey’s mother had been signed.

He said: “I didn’t see if it was signed or not.”

Mr Bundy also told the court that he had called Mr Hewey’s mother on April 4, 2011 based on information he received during an interview with Jay Dill, who was arrested alongside Mr Hewey on April 1.

In court, Mr Hewey went on to ask Mr Bundy if he had also sought to review CCTV footage from the Mid Atlantic Boat Club as a result of the interview, which the officer denied.

However, he confirmed that he did review the footage in 2020 while reviewing “cold cases”.

The officer added: “We don’t just deal with unsolved cases. I looked at all cases that need to be looked at again. Some cases are being appealed. I review all cases.”

Mr Bundy also noted that he had been aware at the time that Mr Hewey’s case was to come before the courts.

Mr Hewey has denied charges of both premeditated murder and using a firearm to commit an indictable act in connection with the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Randy Robinson.

The court heard that Mr Robinson was shot while walking along Border Lane North on March 31, 2011. A witness described seeing two people drive up on a black Honda Scoopy.

Prosecutors described the fatal shooting as a “gang hit”, stating that while Mr Robinson was not involved in gang activity, two of his cousins were.

The court previously heard testimony from Mr Bundy who recalled a search conducted at the defendant’s residence at 7 Palmetto Road in April 2011.

Items seized during the search, which Mr Bundy said included Mr Hewey’s bedroom, included a bulletproof vest, jewellery, mobile phones and a motorcycle key.

Ariel Anternette Cole, Mr Hewey’s mother, said that on the day of the shooting she received a call from her son who asked her to let the dog out because “it was getting dark”.

She said the defendant returned home with his friend, Jay Dill, at about 9pm with black helmets in their hands, and police arrived to carry out a search later that night.

Dill was convicted of the murder of Mr Robinson, with prosecutors alleging that he was the gunman while Mr Hewey rode the motorcycle used in the shooting.

Jurors heard earlier about activities involving phone connections between devices attributed to Mr Hewey, Dill and another man, Christopher Parris between March 31 and April 1, 2011.

The trial before Puisne Judge Alan Richards continues.

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