The prosecution have said the timing in this case was critical. One correspondent has already said that there wasn't enough time for MacDonald to leave the marital home bike to Scott Guys house, wait for Scott to drive to the gate and be shot while getting out of the car to open the gate that had been closed for the purpose of the killing. But there is a massive gap in time and credibility of the police account there. Where was the shotgun taken from and when was it returned.?
I don't know of shotguns having shoulder straps on them, maybe some do. But even with a shoulder strap it would be a hell of a job riding a bike carrying a shotgun over one's shoulder, provided that is that he (MacDonald) not only knew where the shotgun was, but that he could uplift it and return that morning to the farm office. More time in that, whatever way you look at it - accepting that MacDonald or the actual killer didn't want to be seen on the road that morning at all, and definitely not with a shotgun. Too dangerous for MacDonald to travel in that manner, that morning. I'd say implausible.
If you are not convinced recall the early days of the trial, indeed recall this week - Act 2, in the drama without a plot. The jury were told by witnesses that Guy was unreliable, particularly with time. The other men joked that morning about his sleeping in again, obviously a well known and ordered routine. Factor that into the timing. Not only did MacDonald need to transport the shotgun while riding the bike on a public road, or go into the farm office and assemble the shotgun which there is no proof that he knew was there, but he also needed to kill Guy return the shotgun, disassemble and hide it in such particular fashion that Bryan Guy would say in evidence that he had never been touched from the time he'd hidden until the time he recovered it and locked it away into the firearm safe. Mistake free, hard work to time, according to the Crown. But then there is another big leap in 'faith' we have to believe that MacDonald was not mindful of the obvious fact that Scott Guy would not necessarily be on time that morning, or even going to work.
Put that together in a credible way if you can, and complete your scenario of the witness that saw the light go on at Ewen's house for him to emerge shortly after pale as though having just woken. A bloody big gap in this story.
Just checked the photos from the trial - no shoulder strap showing on Bryan Guy's shotgun.
ReplyDeleteQuad bike can be operated with 1 hand, shotgun held on lap.
ReplyDeleteBut not relevant if no time, and inability to be in 2 places at once.
A "lie" has been uncovered, so "Operation Tam" all over again.
Actually not a quad bike. A push bike. So that gets back to the difficulty factor of transporting the shotgun, the anticipated heavy breathing and so on when he met the farmworker that morning.
DeleteAnd of course the puppies. They were there the night before, gone in the morning. So before murdering Scott, he had to take the puppies and dispose of them. They have never been found, but it is the Crown's case that he took them as a decoy. If he only used a push bike, he couldn't have got far - so where are they? Mmm.
DeleteStill, doesn't tell us how Macdonald knew he had been shot, and apparently stated so to people at the time, but then said 2 days later that was the first time he'd heard Guy had been shot. Maybe he just presumed it on the first day, and was meaning it was the first time he had heard it confirmed, a couple of days later. The police are certianly making something of the issue - obviously they have very little else.
ReplyDeleteNot entirely accurate. Ewen is alleged to have said he was shot. Nikki guy claims to have heard Ewen saying it to two other people, but they haven't been identified and so what she says can't be corroberated. Of the other five people the prosecution produced in court, four were clear that they heard that Scott had been shot, but not from Ewen. Only one testified that he heard Ewen say that. Scott Guys mother, Jo, in her statement to the plice said that she said to Ewen 'was he shot' and Ewen said 'I don't know, I don't know, I think so'. She confirmed under oath that this was the 'correct version of events'. So clearly on the morning of the murder numerous people were discussing the manner of Scott's death, and some people were speculating that he had been shot. Ewen may have been among those people, but it doesn't make him guilty - or even constitute evidence. Jo Guy asked if Scott had been shot. How did she know? does it make her guilty? Of course not. There are only so many ways a person can be killed - and shooting is probably one of the most common causes in NZ. I'd guess that more people are shot than have their throats cut. So once people knew he had been murdered it's not surprising poeple thought he may have been shot.
DeleteStill no concrete evidence. Macdonald admits to burning down a house that was sitting derelect on the farm whist people mucked around, and the building of the new one couldn't start until it was gone. Doesn't sound terribly life threatening to me. He painted some obscene writing about his sister-in-law on the new house being built, again, not murder, or life threatening, and by all accounts, she was a bit of stirrer in the family, and the nagging force behind Scott having to take so much time off work, and wanting a bigger share of the profits than Ewen.
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting to see the families accounts advisor say that Ewen did the most work, had the most responsibility, but was paid the same as Scott, who really just helped Ewen in the dairying side.
Something stinks in this whole thing, wish I could work out what it was, but even if Ewen did pull the trigger, (and so far I've seen nothing that proves it beyond reasonable doubt), that whole family needs to take a good long look at how the let the relationship get to that level.
Ewen's wife is a gorgeous woman what pretty eyes, but, Kylie looks cheap, and is a bad actress - 'ohhh, I just can't bear to say his name' - then said it without any problem - the oscar goes to 'Kylie Guy'!