New Zealand now has it's very own OJ Simpson

Guy Trial - Ewen Macdonald not guilty

I commented to T during the first week of this trial that i thought the defence had done a good job of planting the seeds of doubt in the juror's minds.

Other suspects considered

A suspect in the Scott Guy murder case was ruled out by the alibi of a woman who smoked up to $3000 of methamphetamine a week and admitted threatening to kill a police officer, a court has been told.

Ewen Macdonald, 32, is on trial for the murder of his brother-in-law Mr Guy, 31, allegedly after growing tensions over the future of the family farm in Feilding.

The Crown alleges Macdonald shot and killed Mr Guy in his driveway in the near-darkness of early July 8, 2010. It was not until April last year, some nine months later, that police charged Macdonald with murder.

Under cross-examination in the High Court at Wellington today, Detective Sergeant David Thompson agreed police had ruled out one of the suspects on the alibi of a woman who had pleaded guilty to threatening to kill a police officer and his family.

The woman also admitted a methamphetamine habit of $2000 to $3000 a week. The suspects all have interim name suppression.

Mr Thompson agreed police used her statement as the sole alibi in the Guy inquiry for a man who committed an aggravated robbery of a service station four days before Mr Guy was killed.

The man was also involved in the burglary of a property the night before Mr Guy's death at which a number of items, including cannabis and a carton of Winfield Gold cigarettes, were stolen. A cigarette of that brand was found at Mr Guy's driveway, defence lawyer Peter Coles said.

The woman gave a statement that she was with the man at 4am on the morning of Mr Guy's death, and when he woke up.

Mr Thompson agreed police were interested in the man in relation to the Guy murder inquiry,

He earlier told the court police had ruled out links between the murder and drugs or a burglary gone wrong.

That evidence right there - is enough for reasonable doubt. Reasonable doubt was the only thing the defence had to prove in this trial and they did it in the first couple of days.

If i could ask Ewen Macdonald one question it would be;

Why didn't you take the stand?

If someone had accused me of murdering a family member - and i was innocent - nothing would keep me off that stand or from telling the world - and the court - the truth.

Nothing.

Just like with the OJ Simpson trial; We all know he did it. The prosecution just did not do their job and prove it beyond reasonable doubt.

"If the glove doesn't fit - you must acquit..."

Or in this case - If the boot can't be found...