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Es e000 970 2000 a C C oommnee 1 o h e on o e rmrermint e w a e A d teen fakes the stand _ BOY SAYS MARC VICKERS KILLED MICHELLE BARNOSKI _ <,,/7 BY JENNIFER O‘MEARA teâ€" > Jomeara@northumberlandnews.com : | « % : PETERBOROUGH â€" The Warkworth teen facâ€" pog J s ie# ing firstâ€"degree murder charges inâ€"the death of. $ n > rea i Michelle Barnoski took the stand in his own s j % 4 defence on Thursday. c I i s The 16â€"yearâ€"old, who cannot be identified :% § under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, told 3 jurors that his uncle, Marc Vickers, killed Ms. ma Barnoski, the teen‘s mother, and intimidated. { him into lying to police and family. 3 Mr. Vickers had been the commonâ€"law husâ€" ~ t band of Ms. Barnoski‘s younger sister, Nina. â€" /2" He owned and lived in the Warkworth home i i with Ms. Barnoski and her son. Mr. Vickers is PS also facing first degree murder charges in the ( Â¥ death. e 22 j We On the evening ofMay 27, 2008, Ms. Barnoski $ & M\ was mad with her then 14â€"yearâ€"old son for $ t i"_;_%' ""“‘\~.¢ â€" skipping school and with Mr. Viekers for not 3 * : ha> working, the youthtestified. _ > â€"â€" > E ; The accused said he apologized to his mothâ€" ; er, but the argument between her and Mr. i Vickers escalated when he said he‘d quit his 7 { P & job and had no plans of finding another one. hx ooo . ue The teen said ‘he left the:room and‘ went $ g\fi!‘@? â€" upstairs to take a shower and while he was in s igthisznait the bathroom he heard the fight continuing > % downstairs, 7 "I kept hearing them yelling. I heard my _ s momâ€"say ‘What the fâ€"â€"â€"?; then Itheard her * screaming. Then I heard four pops in rapid 2 succession," the youth told jurors. While he stood frozen, the teen said he heard his mother callâ€"his name. Pulling on his shirt, f = a3 he ran downthe stairs, hearing more [pops: t R ‘ When he opened the door at the bottom of $ / the stairs he saw his mother lying on the floor a<i Solm= â€" : fes and his uncle standing in the kitchen holding s i 5 PEG MCCARTHY / NORTHUMBERLAND NEWS â€" airifle, $ PETERBOROUGH â€" The Warkworth teen.charged with the firstâ€"degree murder. of his mother, "I threw my. arms up in the air and kind of i Michelle Barnoski, is led from a Peterborough courtroom on Thursday, Dec. 3. He took the. ‘fell to the ground," said the teen. "I put my 7 stand in‘his own defence on Thursday,.and told jurors his coâ€"accused, Mare Vickers, was the ene es _oe _ _ ... * . 4 one whoshot his mom eight fimes. .. __ _ s See ‘Teen‘ on Page 8 T oo ns < x 2 â€"“'_'* mentnnlnnmmmnmmenneidatnsmimmmmmmmeniss...........____. â€" # L