Two Wagga brothers on trial for a home invasion turned shooting have denied all knowledge of the incident.
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Carl and Shyheim Little returned to Wagga District Court on Monday over the January 2017 incident on Mill Street in North Wagga.
Both are charged with intimidation in circumstances of special aggravation, and Carl Little, 28, is also charged with shooting the home’s occupant, leaving him with a bullet permanently lodged in his leg.
During the trial, multiple witnesses testified that they saw Shyheim armed with a knife and Carl armed with a gun during the incident.
However, recorded police interviews showed each of the men denying all knowledge of the shooting.
Shyheim Little, 23, told officers he had spent the night at home with his children.
“We played uno, bingo, memory, snap, then I got the kids down, bathed them, then it was bed time,” he said.
“I’m going to join the police force, so I’m not going to do anything to ruin my career – I don’t affiliate with anyone, I’ve got my family, and that’s how I like it.”
When police told him witnesses had reported seeing him at the house in question brandishing a hunting knife, he laughed.
“That’s the first time I’ve heard that,” he said.
“Let me guess – they’re crack heads there? Ice addicts? They don’t know what they’re bloody saying.”
During a later interview, police informed Shyheim they had obtained phone records showing he had messaged his partner and brother on the night of the shooting.
They asked him why he would have messaged his partner if he was at home with her, to which he replied “You tell me”.
“Why would I message my wife when I was in the room?” Shyheim asked.
“I don’t even know Carl’s number.”
When police told his brother Carl that the victim had identified him as the gunman, he said that was not possible.
“See, I wouldn’t associate with people like that,” he said.
“How can he say it’s me if he’s never met me or seen me before?”
The trial continues.
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