Testifying in his own defence, Carlos Guerra Guerra said he showed up to the bush party for young people in a field off of Pack Road in southwest London in July of 2021 after his friend Emily Altmann called him for help.
“She (Altmann) had an urgent tone to her voice, frantic…she asked me to please come,” said Guerra Guerra.
The court has heard that there had been a dispute over a spilled or thrown drink at the bash.
He said, “I just wanted to make sure she was okay – to get her out of whatever predicament. I thought I might get into a fist fight situation.”
The accused told the jury that he is an aspiring hip hop or rap artist and that he had a real handgun in his side bag that night because he had intended to shoot a music promotion with the firearm using it …