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Witness in Worthington trial grilled by defense over alibi
By Megan Tench, Globe Staff
BARNSTABLE – The alibi witness for the man who the defendant in the Christa Worthington murder trial says is the real killer stood by his story today while he was grilled by a defense attorney.
Shawn Mulvey testified today that after a night of drinking, he and Jeremy Frazier went back to his house in Eastham, where they passed out.
Christopher McCowen, charged with burglary, aggravated rape and the murder, told police that Frazier came with him to the fashion writer's Truro home that night in January 2002. McCowen said that after he had consensual sex with Worthington, Frazier got in an argument with her and stabbed her in the chest.
Today on the stand, Mulvey backed Frazier's account of what happened that night, saying that Frazier came back to his house that night in Eastham. Mulvey admitted, however, that he lied to police when he was first questioned by investigators in April 2005. He told them couldn't remember if Frazier spent the night at his house because he didn't want to be invovled.
"I have no reason to lie over anything," Mulvey said, at times becoming visibly upset on the stand. "I'm just stating what I know. I'm not helping anybody. I don't want to be here."
Under cross examination, Mulvey, who lives in Clearwater, Fla, also testified that when he was first questioned by police he did not realize that there was a warrant out for his arrest. Mulvey said that he sold drugs to undercover agent, and that he got the drugs from Frazier.
The second time Mulvey spoke to police, he changed his story, and said that Frazier came back to his house that night. About the same time, drug charges against Mulvey were dismissed.
Defense attorney Robert A. George questioned the timing of Mulvey's change of heart, and the dismissed charges against him.
Mulvey denied that police made any sort of deal with him.
