Accused in sexual assault trial denies ever meeting or communicating with alleged victims

Pritchard testified he began moving into a home a relative owned in Mid-September 2016, and that he registered a truck he owned in early October of the same year. He also told the court that his girlfriend had moved in with him at the time, but that she had a separate room from him.

When asked about the devices he owned, Pritchard said he’d owned two Samsung cell phones-both the same make and model. When the charging input was damaged on one phone, he got another and transferred the SIM card from the old phone into the new one. He also owned an IBM laptop computer but testified that he couldn’t get internet service on it, because it was too old. However, he did possess a USB thumb drive.

When questioned about his online activity, Pritchard told the court that he did have a Facebook account in his name but denied ever knowing anything about an account or creating an account under the name of Phillip Fieldcamper. He also denied ever meeting, communicating with, texting, messaging or sending or requesting information from the alleged victims who had testified previously.

“Are you Phillip Fieldcamper?” asked Wister.

“No,” answered Pritchard.

Wister then listed a series of more than 40 names to Pritchard from a Trevor Pritchard Facebook account, only three or four of whom he admitted to communicating with, including his girlfriend and two other casual friends.

Wister ended his questionning by asking Pritchard about the dramatic testimony of one of the alleged victims.

“Did you know her (alleged victim)?” asked Wister.

“No, I did not,” said Pritchard.

“Did you pick her up at… the market?” Wister continued.

“No, I did not.”

“Did you have sex with her?”

“No, I did not.”

“You heard heard her describe a number of incidents,” said Wister. “Did you have some sexual contact with her outside your truck?”

“No, I did not.”

“Did you tie her up on a bed with that yellow rope or twine?”

“No, I did not.”

“Did you sodomize her?”

“No, I did not.”

“Did you have any knowledge of her or any contact with her prior to seeing her in court during this trial?” Wister asked as his final question.

“No, I did not,” answered Pritchard.

Upon cross examination by Crown Prosecutor Sarah Goard-Baker, Pritchard acknowledged possessing a laptop and two Samsung cell phones, and identified a Samsung phone he “used frequently” that had a camouflage case. However, when asked to identify a telephone police seized from Pritchard’s home without the case on it, Pritchard told the court it was not in fact, his.

Goard asked Pritchard whether there were pictures on the phone he used regularly, to which he replied he didn’t like keeping pictures on his cell phone because they took up too much storage room. She then asked whether pictures of alleged victims were contained on it.

“Not to my knowledge,” he answered.

Pritchard then testified that while he couldn’t get an internet connection on his laptop, he could use it to play games and to display pictures taken with his cell phone but denied that pictures of alleged victims and selfies taken with his tattoos found on his laptop were his.

He also denied setting up either a Trevor Pritchard or a Phillip Fieldcamper account on Facebook, telling the court that the email used to create the account was not one he would have used, and that a telephone number matching his own cell number was not used to verify the account and was not input by him.

However, a short time later when questioned about several different Facebook Messenger conversations under the same Trevor Pritchard account, he acknowledged that he’d communicated with his girlfriend at the time, and other casual friends; talking about local events including a New Year’s dance and sending and receiving pictures. However, when some of those same pictures appeared in conversations with the alleged victims, he denied ever sending them or having any conversation with them via Facebook Messenger or text.

Cross examination is expected to continue Wednesday.

by Lara Fominoff @LaraFominoff on Twitter

Accused in sexual assault trial denies ever meeting or communicating with alleged victims

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