Canberra police have arrested for shooting a 48-year-old man in Phillip last year.
Key points:
- Police obtained an order to check Reatile Ncube’s phone in April
- The court learned details of CCTV and traffic camera footage and telephone conversations
- The court learned that more arrests are likely to be made in the case
Reatile Ncube, 19, appeared in the ACT investigating court on charges of murder.
Glenn Walewicz was shot at his front door in Phillip in June last year.
Police say there was only one shot.
Police later said a white car they believed may have been involved was found crashed on Denman Prospect.
Judicial documents reveal that police obtained an order to control Mr. Ncube’s telephone conversations in April.
The court learned that police also collected information from CCTV footage of a bus and traffic cameras that located a dark-colored car driven by Mr Ncube at the time near the murder site.
He told police the car belonged to a relative but that he was driving it because his own car was not working.
Judicial materials show Ncube was interviewed by police last week when he admitted he was in the area on June 10 last year, but said he knew nothing about the murder, that he was not involved. and that he did not know who was involved.
Glenn Walewicz died in June 2021 after being shot outside his front door. (Supplied)
The documents reveal that the police later controlled a conversation when he spoke about the police interview in which he allegedly said: “But f *** bro, shit. I have to get rid of something, you know what I want to say”.
Then, allegedly, his friend made a comment about the incident
“You know people know it. You know people know it [name known to police] shoot that boy, “the man said.
“F ***, like who?” Mr. Ncube is supposed to have responded.
He later allegedly talked about having to get rid of the “shots” when his friend commented that the police might be listening to him and warned him that if he had helped anyone, it would be an accessory.
Judicial material shows that when police went to arrest him, his phone was confiscated and he allegedly found two live 12-caliber shotgun cartridges on his nightstand.
The court learned that more arrests were likely.
Ncube will return to court later in June.