'Is that funny?' Crown asks man accused of murdering Marpole couple
Credit to Author: Keith Fraser| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:53:24 +0000
The demeanour of a man charged with murdering a Vancouver couple was questioned by a prosecutor during the accused’s third day of cross-examination Wednesday.
During his testimony, Rocky Rambo Wei Nam Kam at times appeared to be smiling as he answered questions by the lawyers.
During cross-examination on Wednesday, Crown counsel Daniel Mulligan started to ask Kam, 29, a question about why he stole a vehicle owned by Dianna Mah-Jones, one of the two murder victims, following the September 2017 slayings.
In an apparent response to Kam’s expression at that point, Mulligan paused and asked: “Is that funny?”
“No, that’s not funny,” Kam replied.
“The reason you took the car was so you could get away from the immediate area of the Jones residence and dispose of the evidence,” said Mulligan, continuing with the cross-examination.
“I don’t believe that’s the case,” said Kam.
“But that’s what you did, correct?” said Mulligan.
“In a way, yes,” said Kam.
“Well, more than in a way. That is exactly what you did,” said Mulligan.
“I didn’t completely dispose of all of the evidence and I couldn’t remember why,” said Kam.
The accused has pleaded not guilty to the first-degree murders of Mah-Jones, 64, and her husband, Richard Jones, 68.
Dianna Mah-Jones, 65, and Richard Jones, 68, were found dead in their Marpole home.
During his testimony, Kam has admitted that he randomly attacked the couple in their home and killed them.
He is denying that he had the intent to commit murder, with his lawyers claiming that at the time of the slayings, he was suffering from a mental disorder arising from an addiction to online gaming.
Court has heard that Kam stabbed the two victims and moved their bodies into the shower stall in their bathroom before leaving the crime scene.
He conceded that Mah-Jones had scratched him on the face during his assault on her, his DNA having been found under her fingernails.
Earlier in the cross-examination Wednesday, Mulligan suggested that Kam placed Mah-Jones’ body above that of her husband in the shower stall so that her hands would be exposed to water from the faucet.
Kam denied that he had done so or that he was trying to wash away DNA.
Mulligan suggested that when Kam got back to his Marpole home after the slayings he was thinking about DNA evidence.
“I’m sorry,” said Kam. “I don’t remember as to what I was specifically thinking.”
After the cross-examination concluded, the trial was adjourned until Friday when the defence is expected to call a clinical psychologist to testify. The Crown has said it may call a forensic psychiatrist to the stand.