A man accused of murder told police he discovered his flatmate bleeding, but did not know how he came to be injured.
The comments came during the trial of Kestutis Butkevicius, 45, at the High Court in Aberdeen.
Butkevicius denied murdering his flatmate, Martynas Krasauskas, at an address on Peterhead’s King Street on September 27 last year.
He also denied attempting to defeat the ends of justice.
Butkevicius has lodged a special defence of incrimination, blaming his former girlfriend Orinta Kalinauskaite.
DC Lee Keller who was involved in interviewing Butkevicius as a witness, gave evidence yesterday.
Parts of Butkevicius’ account was read out in court by Advocate Depute Shirley McKenna.
The court heard, in a statement, that Butkevicius told DC Keller he had been drinking on Saturday night and was drunk before falling asleep.
In the statement, he said: “Some time between 7 and 9am this morning, I was in my bed when I heard Orinta shouting. I do not remember what she was shouting, but I could tell something was wrong.”
He later told police he got out of bed and went to the hallway, where he saw Ms Kalinauskaite and Mr Krasaukas.
He said: “I saw blood coming from the left side of Martynas’ chest, the blood was coming through the clothes. He was saying he was sore, but did not say what had happened or who had done it to him.”
He subsequently told police he put a towel to the injury, then heated a knife before putting it against the wound and putting a plaster on it.
Later in his statement, he told police Mr Krasaukas had issues in the past with drug debts and said, three weeks before his death, he heard him say to someone on the phone: “Do not threaten me.”
The court also heard how, later in the day, when Butkevicius’ status changed from witness to suspect and he was detained, he responded: “I did not kill nobody.”
Forensic scientist, Sarah Jones, gave evidence about blood staining found at the address.
She spoke of blood spots found on a wardrobe that she described as being “cast off by a moving object wet with blood”.
She went on to say that the DNA profile matched that of the accused. The trial continues.
