Martin Payne was attacked from behind with a hatchet and from the front with a bowie knife as he fought for his life in his Metchosin home three years ago, prosecutor Chandra Fisher said in closing submissions
Martin Payne was attacked from behind with a hatchet and from the front with a bowie knife as he fought for his life in his Metchosin home three years ago, a B.C. Supreme Court jury heard Monday.
“Mr. Payne was not facing the man with the hatchet. The attack must have come from behind,” she said.Small blunt puncture wounds on his chest and a defensive wound on his hand indicate Payne was also trying to fend off a knife attack from the front, said Fisher. Forensic evidence in Payne’s house proves Busch and Armitage were there, planning their attack, waiting for more than eight hours for Payne to come home, said Fisher.
Armitage left his fingerprints on a glass in the kitchen and on a duct-tape dispenser in the master bedroom. His palm print was also on a note saying “What is your pins for cards” that was found by Payne’s computer. Busch’s fingerprints were not found in the home.Armitage’s DNA was found on a white shirt, a white leather glove and a sock found in a garbage bag. Payne’s blood was also on those items. Armitage’s DNA was also found on chewing gum in the bathroom.
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