Jamaican national Philip Bradshaw denied ever owning a gun during Police interviews conducted before he was charged with murdering Aquil Richardson.

Mr. Richardson, 30, was shot dead in Camp Hill, Southampton, on December 26, 2007.

Bradshaw, 26, is charged, alongside his wife's brother Antoine Anderson, with murder. They are both also accused of wounding Lavar Smith in the same alleged shooting.

During their Supreme Court trial yesterday, recordings were played which had been made during three Police interviews with Bradshaw after his arrest on February 28 and before he was charged on March 3.

In the first of the series, conducted on the day of his arrest, Bradshaw told the Police he moved to Bermuda from Jamaica in December 2007. He explained that he lived with his wife, Tyeasha, and Antoine Anderson.

In the second interview, the following day, Detective Constable Sylvester Augustine of the Serious Crime Unit asked him: "Do you have a gun?"

Bradshaw replied: "No I don't."

"Did you have a gun in Jamaica?" asked the detective.

Again, the suspect replied: "No".

"Have you ever used a gun in Bermuda?" he was asked next.

"No," replied Bradshaw.

"Have you ever seen a gun in Bermuda?" pressed the officer.

"By the Police...Thursday night was the first time I ever see Police with guns," replied Bradshaw, referring to armed officers present at his home in Curving Avenue, Pembroke, when he was arrested with Anderson the day before.

"Okay. Did you kill Aquil Richardson?" asked Detective Constable Augustine.

"No," replied Bradshaw.

In the third interview, on March 1, Bradshaw was quizzed about a black jacket that the prosecution claims he wore on the night of the murder.

Malika Gumbs, a friend of Bradshaw's wife, gave evidence earlier in the trial that he borrowed the garment from her and rode off on a bike with Anderson before the shooting took place. She told the jury that when the pair returned later, Anderson was holding a ski mask.

Bradshaw denied ever having possession of Ms Gumbs' jacket and ever having worn a ski mask on his face. Asked if he had any nicknames, he told the officers he's known in Bermuda and Jamaica as 'Akeem' and in Jamaica also as 'brown man'.

He and Anderson, 31, deny murder and wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. The case continues.