Bosma Murder Trial 05.16.16 - Day 49

[Ontario Mom]

Or, he was so stoned out of his mind he actually wasn't thinking about what he was doing? Assuming of course, he didn't shoot Tim and was honestly freaked out by finding the gun in the tool box assuming DM was trying to set him up.

 

[Velma]

"I was burying the gun that Millard used to shoot Mr. Bosma, that's correct," Smich says.
by Adam Carter 10:53 AM

Pillay says he wants to watch the video where Smich was asked by police where was the gun.
by Adam Carter 10:54 AM

The video shows Smich being questioned by Det. Matt Kavanagh. Smich is half covered by a blanket.
by Adam Carter 10:55 AM

 

[Typhoo1961]

Susan Clairmont ‏@susanclairmont 2m2 minutes ago
"Tell Mr. Millard: where is that gun buried," says Sachak.

Does that mean that DM wrote that down for his lawyers to ask because he wants to know where the gun is? To possibly dig it up later if he is acquitted?

 

[Inspector_North]

Does that mean that DM wrote that down for his lawyers to ask because he wants to know where the gun is? To possibly dig it up later if he is acquitted?

If he is that optimistic, he really did lose touch with reality.

MOO

 

[Ontario Mom]

Does that mean that DM wrote that down for his lawyers to ask because he wants to know where the gun is? To possibly dig it up later if he is acquitted?

I don't know but it seemed like a really strange thing to ask. Why in the world would MS tell DM where it is, even if he did know? What does DM knowing where the gun is, have to do with anything?

 

[Velma]

Sachak asks if Kavanagh was respectful to him. Smich says he raised his voice, and wasn't totally respectful, but he was "doing his job."
by Adam Carter 10:56 AM

"Where is that gun right now, Mark?" Kavanagh asks in the video. "You can point me to evidence right now." Smich won't look at him in the video.
by Adam Carter 10:57 AM

"If they could do fingerprint testing and DNA, would that help you?" Kavanagh asks. Smich doesn't answer in the video. He says in court he was advised to remain silent.
by Adam Carter 10:58 AM

"I knew that I had handled the gun before," Smich says. "I also knew Dellen Millard had used the gun to kill Mr. Bosma."
by Adam Carter 10:58 AM

"You had the opportunity to bring some peace to the Bosma family," Sachak says about the gun.
by Adam Carter 10:59 AM

 

[Crimeinthe6ix]

I don't know but it seemed like a really strange thing to ask. Why in the world would MS tell DM where it is, even if he did know? What does DM knowing where the gun is, have to do with anything?

Credibility has everything to do with it

 

[Kamille]

I don't know but it seemed like a really strange thing to ask. Why in the world would MS tell DM where it is, even if he did know? What does DM knowing where the gun is, have to do with anything?

He's just trying to establish to the jury that MS and DM were close like brothers and that MS looked up to DM like a big brother. So of course DM had to help him out with his mess. It's like a mother telling a child, "tell your father what you did today" when they have done something wrong. LOL Or trying to make the jury think that an appeal from DM means that he is disappointed in MS for not telling the truth.

MOO

 

[Ontario Mom]

Credibility has everything to do with it

I'm not sure what you mean.

 

[spanishshara]

‏@ShannonMartinTV [video=twitter;732224054493630464]https://twitter.com/ShannonMartinTV/status/732224054493630464[/video] Toronto, Ontario Millard's lawyer raises voice as he says 'you had the chance to bring peace to the Bosma family' Smich says nothing #Bosma #HamOnt


Well...so did DM and perhaps even CN IMO. But here we are. Sadly.

 

[Inspector_North]

"You had the opportunity to bring some peace to the Bosma family," Sachak says about the gun.
by Adam Carter 10:59 AM

Great drama question, but the fact that according to MS, DM wiped the phone down. And when he received the gun (according to his story), it was wrapped in a cloth. 99% chance it was wiped down. Only thing it would show is MS did bury it, and it was the gun that fired the spent casing.

MOO

 

[Velma]

Kavanagh again asks where the gun is in the video. Smich just looks down and doesn't say anything. "Bring some peace to this family," Kavanagh says. Smich doesn't say anything.
by Adam Carter 11:00 AM

"Peace to the family meant nothing to you on May 22," Sachak says. Smich says that isn't true, and there's more in the video that hasn't been shown.
by Adam Carter 11:00 AM

Kavanagh asks again in the video where the gun is. "I had ... I don't know man," Smich says. He turns away, looks to the floor.
by Adam Carter 11:02 AM

"Does someone else have to die before we get the gun back?" Kavanagh says. "I don't know," Smich says.
by Adam Carter 11:02 AMv

 

[ArianeEmory]

Reading ahead in tweets, Smich is basically described as sobbing under a blanket during the interview.

 

[SnooperDuper]

molly hayes ‏@mollyhayes 9m9 minutes ago
Smich says again he was in a state of shock at that time. #Bosma

Shannon Martin ‏@ShannonMartinTV 9m9 minutes ago Toronto, Ontario
Smich says it was not his idea to bury the gun, it was a friend's. He repeats he was in a state of shock. #Bosma #HamOnt #MarkSmich

Susan Clairmont ‏@susanclairmont 9m9 minutes ago
Smich says he followed Brandan Daly's suggestion to bury gun. Smich says he was in "state of shock and paranoia." #bosma

molly hayes ‏@mollyhayes 12m12 minutes ago
Sachak says he agreed with Daly's idea to bury the gun. Smich says he essentially agreed with part of the plan. #Bosma

Lisa Hepfner ‏@HefCHCHNews 11m11 minutes ago
Smich says he did agree with Daly's idea to bury the gun. "You made a deliberate act to bury the gun." Smich agrees.

Alex Pierson ‏@AlexpiersonAMP 11m11 minutes ago
Sachak points out it cld have been tested several times. "That gun has the clue of the person who used it to shoot Mr Bosma. " @AM900CHML

 

[Juballee]

Why would DM's defense try and compel MS to tell DM where the gun is? That seemed sort of weird.

It shows that there was a reason why DM didn't give it to MS, and why MS reuses to allow it to be discovered. There is obviously something about that gun that makes it clear that MS used the gun, and they both know it, in my opinion.

 

[SnooperDuper]

Reading ahead in tweets, Smich is basically described as sobbing under a blanket during the interview.

My computer cacked (God bless Windows 10) and I am now 12 minutes behind. I will catch up to Velma on break lol.

 

[Ontario Mom]

Regardless of which one of these creeps shot Tim, knowing where the gun is or even having it tested to prove DNA/prints either way, how in the world would that bring peace to the Bosma family when nothing could bring Tim back?

 

[Typhoo1961]

What does DM knowing where the gun is, have to do with anything?

Nothing. Dm's defense team have nothing else to go on and know I am starting to wonder if in fact MS does know where he buried the gun he is saying he cannot remember so DM won't get his hands on it again to hurt anyone else or MS himself. MOO.

 

[mimimic]

I'd like what he says in the video and in court separated.

 

[brightii]

You have to wonder if lawyers do their clients any favours when they advise them to remain silent. Sometimes it seems to me the client would have been in a better position had they chosen to speak to police. Could MS have told police where the gun was and then exercise his right to remain stay silent on other parts of the crime? Is it an all or nothing type of thing?

All MOO.