A look inside 30A Quidi Vidi Road: Jury sees evidence in Brandon Phillips trial
Ariana Kelland | CBC News | Posted: November 22, 2017 5:46 PM | Last Updated: November 22, 2017
Police find shotgun wrapped in fabric, sneakers under couch at home where Brandon Phillips seen
Image | Brandon Phillips November 22
Caption: Brandon Phillips, 29, points to a large poster containing images of pieces of wood found at Captain's Quarters Hotel and a wooden piece found hidden at 30A Quidi Vidi Road. An expert has testified that the pieces were likely once part of a Winchester shotgun. (Ariana Kelland/CBC)
It was around suppertime on Oct. 10, 2015 when members of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary closed in on 30A Quidi Vidi Road, later discovering a shotgun, sneakers and a shotgun shell hidden around parts of the house.
Eerily quiet video taken from the scene prior to the search was played to the jury at Brandon Phillips's first-degree murder trial Wednesday.
The only sounds include the low volume of a television in the background, a telephone ringing as a forensic identification officer pans the three-storey St. John's apartment. No one answers.
Phillips, 29, was watched by a surveillance team entering and exiting the home. In one case, RNC Const. Gregory Greeley observed him use keys to get inside.
He was arrested the same day as a search warrant was executed on Quidi Vidi Road — ten days after Larry Wellman, 63, was shot and killed by a masked robber at the Captain's Quarters Hotel.
The following are photographs entered into evidence at the first-degree murder trial for Phillips, at Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court in St. John's.
Wooden piece
Image | 30A Quidi Vidi Road Phillips trial
Caption: Const. Cynthia Crocker noted a gap between the staircase and a shelf in the front porch at 30A Quidi Vidi Rd. When she investigated further, she discovered a wooden piece hidden under the shelf, the jury was told Wednesday. (RNC photograph)
Image | 30A Quidi Vidi Road Phillips trial poster
Caption: Jurors were shown a large poster showing wooden pieces found at the Captain's Quarters Hotel and at 30A Quidi Vidi Road. When put together, the pieces fit. (Ariana Kelland/CBC)
Shotgun shell
Image | 30A Quidi Vidi Road Phillips trial
Caption: Police notied that a drawer in the kitchen of 30A Quidi Vidi Rd. was left open. Inside they found a Winchester 12-gauge shotgun shell. (RNC photograph)
Image | Shotgun shell 30A Quidi Vidi Road Phillips trial
Caption: A Winchester 12-gauge shotgun shell was seized from the kitchen and was sent to an RCMP lab in Ottawa where it was examined. Brandon Phillips's DNA was found on the shell. (RNC photograph)
Sawed-off shotgun
Image | Shotgun 30A Quidi Vidi Road Phillips trial
Caption: Police found a shotgun wrapped in a hoodie underneath the couch cushion in a bedroom at 30A Quidi Vidi Rd. (RNC photograph)
Image | 30A Quidi Vidi Road Phillips trial shotgun
Caption: The sawed-off Winchester 12-gauge pump-action shotgun was seized and sent to the RCMP crime lab for testing. (RNC photographs)
Hidden sneakers
Image | 30A Quidi Vidi Road Phillips trial sneakers
Caption: A pair of sneakers was found underneath a couch and metal futon springs in the same bedroom where the firearm was found. (RNC photograph)
Image | Sneakers Brandon Phillips trial
Caption: A pair of black Nike Air Jordan sneakers were found under a couch and futon at 30A Quidi Vidi Road on Oct. 10, 2015. Both Brandon Phillips's DNA and Larry Wellman's DNA was found on the sneakers. (Royal Newfoundland Constabulary)
Image | Brandon Phillips arrest October 10, 2015
Caption: Brandon Phillips, seen at RNC headquarters after his arrest on Oct. 10, 2015, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Larry Wellman. (RNC photograph)
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