Court told of Sila's reaction to party death
May 12, 2008, 5:44 pm
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Lipine Sila sighed heavily and put his head in his hands when he was told that one of the people struck by his car outside a party in Edgeware Road had died, the High Court at Christchurch was told today.
"I am the one telling the truth," 23-year-old Sila told Detective Leairne Dow in the car on the way to the Christchurch police station.
He admitted doing the driving and hitting the people, saying there were people on the roof of the car and others people bouncing off the bonnet, she said.
Detective Dow told how she told Sila that one of the people he hit had died and "he sighed heavily and placed his head in his hands".
She asked him where his scratches and blood on his left and right arms had come from and he said, "From the glass in the car when I hit those people".
A video interview recorded with Sila at the police station was played to the court for most of the day.
Sila is charged with two counts of murder and eight of intentionally wounding or causing grievous bodily harm in the Edgeware Road party tragedy. The trial is now in its fourth week before Justice John Fogarty and a jury.
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