In his last interrogation, Defendant 2 identified himself and Defendant 1 in the security camera footage when they hid their coats before going to buy fuel and when they arrived to collect them after the arson, and explained that "[Defendant 1] told me to put my jacket in the bush so that we would not be identified by the cameras... And I acted out of fear, he threatened my family" (P/15, paras. 17-33).
When asked if he had spoken to defendant 1 after they broke up after the murder, he replied that he did not remember but met with him at a party, so defendant 1 told him that the body had been burned and he was nervous and told his friend Sally about it, when he said, "I burst into tears and couldn't hold it in my stomach anymore." When asked what he did at the party other than crying, he replied that he drank a little and smoked from the drugs that defendant 1 had brought from the deceased, and "after I drank and smoked, everything came to me and I told my friend I wanted to tell my parents but I couldn't find the words and he also threatened my family, I just told my friend because she was close to me and I didn't tell her too much because I was also afraid for her life" (ibid. at 113-127).
When he was played a phone call (call 15-23-25 of February 27, 2018), defendant 2 said that it was a conversation between him and defendant 1, in which they were talking about transportation to the party and that they would meet, and he asked defendant 1 if there was anything new about the murder case; when at the party, defendant 1 informed him that the body had been cremated and could not be found. When he was told that in the conversation Defendant 1 was cursing him for going to work and taking him out badly, he replied that Defendant 1 told him not to go to work and to tell the manager that he was not feeling well, but "I simply couldn't stay at home after the incident and I wanted to erase it and preferred to go to work and forget about it" (ibid. at paras. 126-128). When he was told that in the conversation they were talking like good friends and nothing was heard that was consistent with fear on the part of any of them, he replied, "I spoke normally, as I told you, I was traumatized, everything was normal, I tried to forget the incident and that's why I behaved normally. And it is not me at all" (ibid., 141-145). When he was shown security camera footage from the party, and was told that he did not seem afraid of defendant 1, he replied that it was not true, that even during the party he did not sit with defendant 1 because he was unable to be next to him, it was difficult for him and therefore he cried and told Sally (ibid. at 145-146).