Over defense objections, jurors watched a video showing the prosecutor’s version of how Billy Tucker supposedly broke into his uncle’s house before starting the fire that killed a Hamilton firefighter.
Tucker and the homeowner, Lester Parker, are on trial for murder and arson in the Dec. 28, 2015 fire and death of Patrick Wolterman. The video, made by Hamilton police, depicts their theory that Tucker broke a lock with a crowbar to get into the cellar. But because police never found certain pieces of the actual broken lock, the defense argued that it would unfairly prejudice the jury against their clients.