She was afraid so she changed her name

THE 26-YEAR-OLD former helper of Dr Peter Vogel, Yanika Scott, said she apparently dropped her cell phone in the car on the night that she and her boyfriend were led out of Vogel’s home by gunmen, and as a consequence, she became fearful that they could use it to find her.

“So I changed my name to Kamesha Lecky and sent my daughter to her grandmother,” she testified.

Downer, in his unsworn statement, said he knew he made a mistake when he did not report what happened at the former lecturer’s home to the police immediately.

“But I was young, afraid and scared at the time,” he recounted.

“When I found out I was a suspect for the murder of Dr Peter Vogel, I totally panicked. I didn’t trust the police at the time and eventually when I trusted the police, I was charged for the murder,” added Downer.

“God knows I did not kill Mr Peter Vogel,” he insisted.