‘I lied… to keep myself safe’
Convicted killer Zachery David Murphy, 24, tells court he perjured himself at partner’s first-degree murder trial in January 2023 so he wouldn’t be harmed, killed in prison for snitching
Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of a violent crime.
A former Fredericton man who lied at his spouse’s murder trial two years ago told a judge Friday he had no choice, because he feared being beat up or worse in prison for testifying for the Crown.
Zachery David Murphy, 24, formerly of Kings College Road in Fredericton, appeared in Fredericton provincial court Friday by video conference from the Springhill Institution in Nova Scotia for the continuation of his sentencing hearing for perjury.
He’s serving a life sentence, having previously admitted to second-degree murder in the April 2020 death of Clark Ernest Hunter Greene.
Murphy was a key witness in the January 2023 first-degree murder trial of his estranged spouse, Angela April Walsh, 25, AKA Ali Morningstar.