Court hears accused told police he doesn’t remember stabbing

The man accused of murdering another man in Kelowna two years ago broke down sobbing in a police interview the night of his arrest, claiming he did not remember what happened, court heard Thursday.

Chad Alphonse, 28, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Waylon Jackson on March 11, 2016.

Alphonse was arrested that night and found in possession of a knife covered in Jackson’s blood.

He has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and is currently out on bail.

The jury has heard Alphonse stabbed Jackson in the chest following an altercation between the two men.

The defence is expected to argue the stabbing was an act of selfdefence.

“We have enough evidence to know you did this,” Const. Steve McBride said to Alphonse in a video interview played in a Kelowna court Thursday. “I really need you to try to remember and fill in the gaps so people know what happened.”

Alphonse said all he could remember was being in the kitchen talking to Jackson and a couple of other people before blacking out.

“I don’t even remember anything, altercating with him or anything,” he said.

Alphonse said he drank a lot of alcohol that night, and that he acts differently when he is drinking, sometimes getting angry or aggressive.

“I’m not calling you a liar,” said McBride. “You seem like a nice guy. You seem to remember a lot up to the point where this happened, and then you don’t remember, and then all of a sudden you remember a lot again. It seems convenient that you forget that part.”

Alphonse reiterated he was telling the truth.

“It’s all a blur in my head,” he said.

McBride continued pushing him to think harder.

“I think you remember a little more than what you’re saying,” he said.

Alphonse insisted he did not remember what happened.

McBride played a clip of a 911 call made by Jackson’s commonlaw wife, Naomi Foureyes, the night of the stabbing.

Foureyes is heard crying hysterically, yelling “he’s dying, he’s dying.”

“I don’t even know what to say,” said Alphonse. “I wouldn’t even do this. This isn’t me.” “But you did,” said McBride. “I know that I did . . . but you know, it isn’t me. It’s not normal for me. I wouldn’t just (expletive) do that.”

McBride asked Alphonse if he felt bad about what he did.

“I feel extremely bad,” he said, sobbing.

“You’re not a killer,” said McBride. “This was just a onetime thing; it was a spur-of-themoment. You didn’t plan that, right?” Alphonse said he did not. McBride asked Alphonse what he would say to Jackson’s family if he could.

“I don’t know,” said Alphonse. “I don’t even know what to say to myself. I don’t even know what to think.”

McBride later asked what he would say to Foureyes, who was left with two young children.

“I’m really sorry . . . it’s stupid what happened,” said Alphonse. “I still can’t believe I did that when I was blacked out. It really hurts me, too, that I could do such a thing.”

The trial continues.