20 Jun, 2022 10:00 PM6 minutes to read

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Adrian Phillips testified that an altercation where he was held down by Bayden Williams and only able to watch as the father of his girlfriend was strangled, left him humiliated. Photo / Mike Scott

By

Natalie Akoorie

Open Justice multimedia journalist, WaikatoVIEW PROFILE

WARNING: This article discusses suicide and may be upsetting.

As Adrian Phillips sat on a beach near Miranda and prepared to smoke weed he got a message telling him Bayden Williams was on his way to Thames for tea.

Phillips told the High Court at Hamilton he decided to confront the young father on the Kopu-Hikuai Rd over a fight they’d been involved in earlier in the year, for which he thought Williams owed him an apology.

Phillips is on trial for the murder of his former “mate” Williams, on August 5, 2020.

The Crown contendsPhillips…