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Teenager said he was home at time of gun robbery

A teenager charged with using a firearm to steal cash and jewellery told police that he was at home with his mother on the day of the robbery.Leo Burgess, 17, also told police that latex gloves and a red bandana, matching the description of items found near the scene of the crime, were taken from outside his Cambridge Road home days before the robbery.The court has heard that at least one of the discovered items had traces of DNA matching the defendant.Mr Burgess has been charged with aggravated burglary and possessing a firearm as a minor on December 6, 2010.He has pleaded not guilty to both charges.Supreme Court today watched video footage of a police interview with Mr Burgess held on January 23.In the interview, Mr Burgess told investigating officers that on December 4 he had been involved in a football game and, after returning home, used a pair of latex gloves to clean his football boots.He told the officers: “I washed the gloves and I left them outside in my mamas bag and the bag went missing. And a bandana. A red bandana.”On December 6, he said he was feeling ill and instead of attending school stayed home sick with his mother, watching DVDs.He told the officers he was not involved in the robbery, but had been told by a friend that a robbery had been committed by “Ronnie, Goriko, Taniko and Blaine.”Yesterday, victim Gregory Wilson told the court how four men, two with firearms, had held him at gunpoint and demanded cash and jewellery.Describing the men, he said one wore a red bandana around his face, while both gunmen wore latex surgical gloves.