Court hears jail calls between accused and eye-witness
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Robby Polchies urged his former girlfriend Jahradd (Jo) Williams to try to remember what happened the day Corey Sisson was allegedly shot and killed in recorded phone calls, the court heard Thursday in the murder trial.
The calls, made while Polchies was detained at the Saint John Regional Correctional Centre, were played for the jury Thursday morning.
"You're the only person that can help me," Polchies said to Williams in the recording.
Polchies, of Kingsclear First Nation, is accused of killing Sisson, 19, on July 29, 2019, and charged with first-degree murder. His trial began last week in Fredericton.
At the time, Polchies, 34, was under an order not to contact Williams, who the court has heard was an eye-witness to the crime.
In the first phone call played, Williams tells Polchies about the birth of their son, who was born premature, in March 2020.
"We almost lost him a couple times," Williams said in the recording.
Polchies asked to be sent pictures.
"Can you send me pictures of them, please."
In another call, he again asks for photos.
"Jo, I hate to be a pain in the ass but I thought you were gonna send the pictures of the kids," Polchies said.
The Crown played excerpts of eight calls. On Wednesday, lead investigator in the case, RCMP Const. Eric Dupuis testified that there were several phone conversations between March and October 2020.
In another call, Polchies brought up the case.
He told Williams that the last time Corey Sisson was seen was 8:30 the morning of the alleged shooting, at Tim Horton's with Josh O'Hara.
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