GUILTY Canada - Amber Kirwan, 19, New Glasgow, NS, 9 Oct 2011 - #2

[Truth Prevails]

I'm editing to add that I find this an interesting tweet.

I find Mr. Beswick of the Chronicle Herald always chooses his words carefully, so I don't think what he tweeted below is any mistake.

It clearly suggests to me that Amber was held for at least a short period of time. And I note the gap that could exist between where Amber was "kept;" and where her remains were found.

I think at the very least, he is clarifying the evidence for us. :/
-----
CH_Aaron Beswick‏@CH_ABeswick6m

Falconer's father's house is a few kilometers from where crown alleges Kirwan was kept and where her body was found

https://twitter.com/CH_ABeswick

 

[Truth Prevails]

Part 1 of a series of tweets about Jerrica Ebrahim's testimony. This is her testimony given to the Crown.

Court will resume at 2 pm AST, 1 pm EST.
-----
Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC56s
Court taking a break until 2 pm.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC1m
Ebrahim is looking down. Crown finished with Ebrahim. Defence says he's "going to be a while with this witness."

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC2m
Ebrahim says Falconer did not say why he asked her to lie for him. She made assumptions about parole.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC3m
She is sobbing now. She says she really like him.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC3m
Ebrahim says she told Falconer she would lie for him to police.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC3m
Ebrahim says when Falconer asked her to lie for him, she assumed "it was something about his parole."

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC5m
When Falconer came over on Sunday, she can't remember what car he was driving. It might have been his grandfather's car- a small Mazda.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC6m
Ebrahim now being asked where her children's car seats were and she says they in her closet.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC59s
Ebrahim says she didn't see Falconer until supper time on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC1m
She asked him if he was coming over and he said "not for a bit."

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC2m
Falconer said he'd be over in a bit. At 5:05 am, he texted her to say " sorry to make you wait. Something came up. I'm at dad's now."

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC3m
He didn't come, so she started to get mad and told him to come get his stuff.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC3m
Ebrahim texted Falconer that she was bored.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC6m
Ebrahim says she got home and texted Falconer.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC6m
Ebrahim says she was really drunk and had smoked weed that night too.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC7m
Ebrahim says she walked to her apartment on Brother Street in New Glasgow. It was about a 10 minute walk,

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC8m
Ebrahim says she stayed at the pub for an hour or hour and a half. She never made it to the cabaret.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC9m
Ebrahim says she can't remember how they got to the pub. Someone drove them.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC10m
Ebrahim says he had a couple of shots. He stayed for a half hour, maybe an hour.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC10m
At 9:30 pm, he texted that he was downstairs.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC11m
Ebrahim then asked Falconer to come out with them.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC12m
Falconer asked to watch a movie instead. He said he'd be over in an hour and that he could use a shot or two,

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC1m
Ebrahim then asked Falconer if he wanted to have sex that night. He responded that he was "a little down tonight."

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC2m
Crown just clarified. It's actually 7:40 pm.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC2m
Ebrahim asks Falconer to "come here."

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC3m
Texts written around 6:40 pm on Oct. 8, 2011.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC4m
Ebrahim now being asked to look at more text conversations.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC5m
Ebrahim says Falconer came back "around 8ish" that Saturday night.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC6m
Ebrahim says she was drinking either Captain Morgan or vodka that night.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC6m
Ebrahim says a few of her friends came over. They were planning to go the New Glasgow Pub and Cabaret.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC1m
Ebrahim still crying. She says on Oct. 8, 2011 Falconer dropped her off at home after taking her kids to sitter. She says he came back later

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC3m
Ebrahim says Falconer asked her to lie for him if cops came around again.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC3m
Ebrahim says she told Falconer about police questioning her while they were hanging out in Heathbell together.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC5m
Ebrahim says the day after Kirwan's body was found, she had a conversation with Falconer about "police coming around."

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC6m
Ebrahim says she did not know Mason Campbell personally. She says she asked Falconer and he said he didn't know him.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC7m
Ebrahim says Falconer was supposed to take her to pick up her kids at lunch time. He didn't come back until supper time.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC7m
At the time, Ebrahim thought it was strange. He was supposed to stay and hang out.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC8m
Falconer had spent the previous night. He didn't say where he was going.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC9m
Ebrahim told Falconer. She says he grabbed his stuff and "had to go do something." That was at lunch time.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC10m
Ebrahim says she found out about Kirwan's body being found when a friend texted her. She was "home with Chris."

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC10m
Falconer continues to stare straight ahead as Ebrahim testifies.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC11m
Ebrahim breaks down on stand. She is very emotional.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC12m
Ebrahim says she recognizes Falconer's shirt in photos. This is the same shirt that had blood on it.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC14m
Ebrahim says Falconer often wore shorts and a man's tank top. Usually black, army print or grey.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC15m
Falconer said "Yes, if you feed me."

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC15m
Text message from Ebrahim to Falconer on afternoon of Oct. 8: "Do you have enough to split on a 2-4?"

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC19m
Crown is about to review text conversations between Falconer an Ebrahim.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC20m
Falconer was driving a grey Chev Impala. She recognizes the car in photos displayed in court.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC21m
Ebrahim says Falconer drove her kids to the babysitter's house on evening of Oct. 8, 2011. She was planning to go out for a few drinks.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC22m
Ebrahim says she contacted Falconer either through text or Facebook.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC24m
Ebrahim saw him every second day or so.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC25m
Ebrahim says she was Falconer's "friend with benefits."

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC25m
Ebrahim says she met Falconer the summer before Amber Kirwan disappeared in fall 2011.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC26m
Ebrahim says she met Falconer about 3 years ago.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC27m
Ebrahim is 8 months pregnant. She was Falconer's good friend.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC29m
Jerrica Ebrahim called to witness stand.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC33m
Falconer back in court room. Many of his friends and former girlfriends are sitting in #Pictou court. Some will testify today.

https://twitter.com/AngMacIvorCBC

 

[Truth Prevails]

Natasha Pace‏@NatashaPace2m

Crown just confirmed the way to spell Jerrica is actually Jerricka.

https://twitter.com/NatashaPace

 

[Bravo]

Gosh I wonder why the Defense says they will be a while with this witness. I hope she is emotionally prepared for it :scared:

 

[Truth Prevails]

Natasha Pace‏@NatashaPace23s

Taylor asking if witness knew Falconer had 4 girlfriends at time they were together, she says it didn't bother her

https://twitter.com/NatashaPace

 

[Truth Prevails]

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC3m

When she was hanging around Falconer, Ebrahim had an 8 month old baby in Oct. 2011.

https://twitter.com/AngMacIvorCBC

 

[Truth Prevails]

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC1m

Police questioned Ebrahim on May 16, 2012. She says police picked her up at school. She says it was out of the blue.

https://twitter.com/AngMacIvorCBC

 

[Truth Prevails]

CH_Aaron Beswick‏@CH_ABeswick1m

In May, Jerricka admitted to police she hadn't told them whole story in November

https://twitter.com/CH_ABeswick

 

[Truth Prevails]

CH_Aaron Beswick‏@CH_ABeswick1m

Defense questioning Jerricka's memory gaps from night Kirwan went missing - says she doesn't know who she went to bar with

https://twitter.com/CH_ABeswick

 

[Truth Prevails]

IDK, but I can't see this witness making a good impression on the jury. I'm not sure why the Crown would call her.
-----
CH_Aaron Beswick‏@CH_ABeswick1m

In preliminary inquiry Jerricka said "with certainty" billy didn't drive her to bar, though she said this morning was Billy

https://twitter.com/CH_ABeswick

 

[Truth Prevails]

CH_Aaron Beswick‏@CH_ABeswick35s

Jerricka says three friends shared quart of hard liquor but at prelim inquiry she had said 3 shared 40 ounces

https://twitter.com/CH_ABeswick

 

[Truth Prevails]

CH_Aaron Beswick‏@CH_ABeswick8s

Defense questions whether her memories from the night are her own or from a friend

https://twitter.com/CH_ABeswick

 

[Truth Prevails]

CH_Aaron Beswick‏@CH_ABeswick1m

Crown's interview of Jerricka relied upon text message records, which were read to her - not so much on memory

https://twitter.com/CH_ABeswick

 

[Truth Prevails]

It seems so strange to me that she called her friend that very morning, but yet she testified that she didn't know law enforcement were gong to question her.

I don't find this witness credible at all. I don't believe anything she has to say. I suppose I would believe the actual text messages, but that's all.

-----
CH_Aaron Beswick‏@CH_ABeswick1m

Jerricka called friend Evita morning before she gave statement in may 2012 saying that Falconer had asked her to lie

https://twitter.com/CH_ABeswick

 

[Bravo]

Yes the text messages and that's about it. Her memory was saturated in weed and alcohol. Stellar Parent there :banghead:

 

[Truth Prevails]

The defense is just destroying her; and I can't say she doesn't deserve it.
---
CH_Aaron Beswick‏@CH_ABeswick3m

You don't even know Chris falconer wasnt at your home when u went home from bar - that's what u told police, defence


CH_Aaron Beswick‏@CH_ABeswick5m
You didn't even remember Falconer taking you to your mothers on thanksgiving day, your mother had to tell u

https://twitter.com/CH_ABeswick

 

[Truth Prevails]

Yes the text messages and that's about it. Her memory was saturated in weed and alcohol. Stellar Parent there :banghead:

Disgraceful. Just disgraceful.

And she is 8 months pregnant, again.

 

[Truth Prevails]

Part 2 of the tweets Ebrahim's testimony. This part is her cross. The court is in recess for afternoon break.
-----
Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC8s
Ebrahim done testifying. Friend escorts her out. Afternoon break.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC50s
Rumours had been swirling at the time that falconer was involved with Kirwan's disappearance.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC1m
Ebrahim confirms she asked Falconer directly if he was involved in Amber Kirwan's disappearance and he was shocked.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC2m
Ebrahim says she knew Falconer was concerned about violating his parole for drinking.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC1m
Ebrahim said in police statement Falconer didn't give a time frame about period she was supposed to lie for him.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC2m
She says she just assumed it was period when Amber Kirwan went missing.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC3m
Ebrahim asked about her police statement again. She confirms she wasn't clear about time frame Falconer wanted her to lie about.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC5m
Ebrahim breaks down when defence lawyer continues to question her about her memory changing over time.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC6m
Ebrahim confirming to defence that her memory wasn't good when she gave police statements.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC7m
Having twitter troubles.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC8m
Defence pointing out that Ebrahim doesn't remember much about how she got to thanksgiving dinner at her mother's house,

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC3m
Defence also pointing out that Ebrahim was foggy in police statement about seeing Falconer on the morning of Oct. 9, 2011.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC5m
Ebrahim didn't say she walked home from the pub on Oct. 8, 2011 during the prelim. Defence now wondering how she suddenly remembers.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC6m
Defence hinting that Ebrahim was not in fact picked up by police out of the blue at school on May 16, 2012.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC7m
Defence lawyer Mike Taylor not convinced it was a coincidence that Ebrahim checked her story before talking to police.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC8m
Defence asking why she had this conversation with friend just hours before she was picked up by police.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC9m
Ebrahim was asked in police statement if she talked to Evita Desmond before giving police statement.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC10m
Ebrahim says she did talk to her friend Evita before she gave police statement. That's the friend she asked for info about that night.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC12m
On May 16, 2011 Ebrahim admits she texted her friend to ask about timeline of events that night because she "wasn't sure."

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC13m
Ebrahim says she smoked weed at her house that night. She says about 3 joints.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC14m
Today Ebrahim said they split a quart of either vodka or rum.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC14m
Ebrahim not sure how much she drank that night. In prelim she said she split a 40 oz between 3 people.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC15m
Ebrahim admits she was very drunk that night,

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC15m
Defence now asking Ebrahim about what she said in prelim hearing. She said back then that Billy did not drive her to the pub that night.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC16m
Ebrahim thinks a guy names Billy drove her to the bar, but she's not sure.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC18m
Defence focusing on her foggy memory.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC18m
Ebrahim says again she's not sure who drove her to the bar, but she remembers who was with her.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC20m
@Helmcd She was born in 1988.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC57s
Ebrahim says she knows who she was with that night.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC1m
Jerricka Ebrahim now being asked about her recollection of events the night of Oct. 8, 2011.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC2m
When asked why she waited 6 months to tell police she lied, Ebrahim says she figured she would get in trouble.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC3m
Defence says a couple weeks after confrontation with step mom, Ebrahim said she lied for Falconer.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC4m
Falconer was arrested in Nov. 2011. Ebrahim says she sent letters to him. Then she stopped, and things got heated with Falconer's step mom

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC6m
On May 16, 2012 Ebrahim admitted to police she had lied to them in previous statement in November.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC7m
Defence pointing out that police told Ebrahim she would be obstructing justice if she didn't talk.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC8m
Ebrahim says police told her that "they had evidence he was guilty."

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC9m
Ebrahim says she talked to police before she recorded police statement.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC9m
Police questioned Ebrahim on May 16, 2012. She says police picked her up at school. She says it was out of the blue.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC11m
Defence pointing out that before today, Ebrahim has never said Falconer was supposed to pick up her kids on Oct. 9, 2011.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC1m
Defence questioning Ebrahim about what exactly Falconer left behind when he found out Amber Kirwan was missing.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC3m
Ebrahim says Falconer often carried a backpack with his belongings, including clothing.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC4m
Falconer was seeing 3 other women at the same time as Ebrahim.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC5m
When she was hanging around Falconer, Ebrahim had an 8 month old baby in Oct. 2011.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC6m
Ebrahim says she is single now.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC7m
Defence asking Ebrahim about her police statement. She talked to police on two different occasions.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC8m
Her friend has been sticking by her side for support. Ebrahim is 8 months pregnant.

Angela MacIvor‏@AngMacIvorCBC9m
Defence lawyer Mike Taylor about to cross-examine Jerricka Ebrahim

https://twitter.com/AngMacIvorCBC

 

[Truth Prevails]

Well, what next. Court has adjourned.

They are apparently trying to track down a witness.
-----
Natasha Pace‏@NatashaPace1m
Dino Miller was here earlier in the week, failed to appear to testify today.


Natasha Pace‏@NatashaPace2m
Court adjourning early today, one witness failed to show up. Crown trying to track him down.

https://twitter.com/NatashaPace

 

[Truth Prevails]

Just adding this for some clarification on the black tank top, size XL. I believe this is the one found in a plastic bag, in the vehicle that Falconer was known to drive.

Now I see why it was being referred to as a muscle shirt.

https://twitter.com/NatashaPace