A QUARRELLING couple reached for a shotgun in their living room at the same time, a jury heard yesterday from a woman accused of murdering her Defence Force husband.
Mikiko Black said a shot went off when she and her husband, Leonardo Black reached for the weapon before he fell to the floor.
Black testified that before the April 19, 2010 incident, she and her husband had been evicted from three apartments because of the domestic disputes and fights between them.
She said on the day in question, she and her husband got into an argument that turned physical. The accused also said that the marine threatened to leave her, driving away from their Boil Fish Drive and Adderley Terrace apartment before returning moments later for his clothes.
While in the living room, both Blacks reached for the weapon on the stand and the accused said she only recalled a shot going off and then her husband falling to the floor.
The accused, 25-year-old Mikiko Black, has denied the murder charge that she faces concerning the April 19, 2010 incident,Â
Police found the body of the 27-year-old marine with gunshot wounds to the left side of the face.
The accused was arraigned four days after the incident before Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez. She was not required to enter a plea to the charge.
When cross-examined by prosecutor Anthony Delaney, the accused said she did not know how to fire a gun.
She resumes her testimony today under the prosecutor’s cross-examination.
Justice Vera Watkins presides over the trial.
Black is represented by Moses Bain.
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