Later, when he was told that he could have retreated to Defendant 1's house and not be an accomplice to the murder, Defendant 2 replied that he could not go back and that Defendant 1 did not let him run away but told him "You are with me in this", and he was afraid and thought that he would just go buy from the deceased and not be involved; and added that Defendant 1 told him that he had done such things in the past, that his family was dangerous, and that he was afraid that Defendant 1 would kill him if he did not do what he told him (ibid., at paras. 187-214). When asked why he went with Defendant 1 to a gas station even though he had blood stains on his clothes, he replied that he did not think and was afraid that Defendant 1 would kill him if he did not do as he wished (ibid., at paras. 223-228).
When he was told that according to his version he was a full accomplice to the murder, knew about the intention to murder hours before the incident, knew about the details of the planning and that defendant 1 was equipped with a sock, and in the incident itself grabbed the deceased's hands so that he could not defend himself and attacked him with punches and kicks, defendant 2 replied: "I didn't hit him like [defendant 1] hit him when I held his hands [Defendant 1] hit him and finished it and after that I looked at him and out of panic I did what I did. I really want you to write it down that if I hadn't done it I would have died... If I had not taken part in the incident, I would have died, he would have killed me along with him" (ibid., pp. 250-263).
To the question of whether he was injured during the incident, defendant 2 pointed to his bruises – about six scratches on his left hand "from the drag we dragged", a scratch across the neck from the back 5 cm long that he does not know what caused it, and a swelling on the side of the right foot from the kick he gave to the deceased (ibid., at paras. 183-185).
During the reconstruction, Defendant 2 led the investigators on foot from where the car was parked to the scene of the incident, explaining, "I'm actually leading you to a place where [Defendant 1] simply took out the sock that had a stone in it out of his pocket and just gave a number between three and two or three times in [the deceased's] head, and then [the deceased] just fell to the floor." According to him, when they arrived at the scene of the deceased, he asked defendant 1 where the money was, and he replied, "Keep looking straight," and then "I look back and I see [defendant 1] suddenly taking out... A stone with a sock, and a number of times in the head of [the deceased]. [The deceased] just fell to the ground. I was scared of the pressure, I didn't know what to do, I feared for my life and I just held [the deceased] and already I held him, I think he was already dead on the floor, I held her body. And then [defendant 1] just hit him a few more times, hit him a few more times, and then he was just dead and from there we dragged him back to the car" (P/13A, p. 16, s. 20-30). Asked if the deceased begged for his life or said something, he replied, "No, [defendant 1] just hit him a few times in the head and he just fell, I don't remember if he said anything, I was just panicking." To the question of what defendant 1 did with the stone when he attacked the deceased, he replied: "He gave it with his sock several times and then he just picked up other stones from the floor and gave him more and also kicked him, and that's all I remember" (ibid., at p. 17, paras. 4-12).