A Big Issue seller accused of helping to forge two wills has told his trial he had no idea what he was signing and just wanted £20 for alcohol and drugs.

Big Issue seller Michael Davies-Patrick, known as Buddha, is accused of witnessing two forged wills belonging to Des Moyle and Kath Moyle written by Falmouth bus driver John ‘Bomber’ Harris.

Harris is also accused of taking hundreds of thousands of pounds from the couple’s accounts after being granted Power of Attorney (POA).

Harris, aged 59, of Turnaware Road, Falmouth is charged with two charges of conspiracy to make a false instrument by forging two wills, perverting the course of justice and fraud.

A charge of theft has been dropped.

Co-defendant Davies-Patrick, aged 38, is facing two charges of making a false instrument and one of perverting the course of justice. Two further charges of forgery were also put to Davies-Patrick this afternoon.

They have pleaded not guilty to all charges. They are currently on trial at Truro Crown Court.

The two men are accused of being involved in the forgery of the wills of Des Moyle and Kath Moyle from Falmouth, while Harris is accused of taking hundreds of thousands of pounds from their accounts after being given power of attorney.

Davies-Patrick took the stand yesterday to give his version of what had happened concerning two wills, one for Des Moyle and another for Kath Moyle after their deaths.

He told Truro Crown Court that he and his very close friend Tim Cullen, who has since died, met Harris when he used to drive the bus they used to get between Falmouth and Truro, to get to Falmouth to sell the Big Issue.

Davies-Patrick, who now lives in council pods in Camborne following the death of his friend, said at the time they lived in a caravan on a farm together and were alcoholics and addicted to crack cocaine and heroin.

He said they got to know Harris and considered him a friend. He said some days on the bus they were OK but other days were 'steaming'. However he said since the death of his friend he had been drug free and cut down on the alcohol.

“We got on the bus one day and he [Harris] said ‘I’ve got a favour I want to ask you to do for me’,” said Davies-Patrick.

A few weeks later, he said, Harris asked them to meet him in the Addaction car park in Truro. They said they met him and signed two documents in the back of his black BMW for £20 each.

He said Des and Kath were not there, it was just him, Cullen and Harris. He said he and Cullen didn’t know what they were signing or what it was but just wanted to get the £20 for drink, drugs and Big Issues.

He said he’d never seen a will before in his life.

“I was absolutely out of my box,” he said.

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He said the second time they signed the wills they were taken to Helston Hospital by Harris in his black BMW and signed the wills outside. He said Kath Moyle was not there when they signed the papers as Harris had claimed. Again he claimed he didn’t know it was a will and they were just after the £20.

He said he didn’t know the Moyles and had never met them and never went in the bookies to play the slot machines, as claimed by Harris - which, he said, was where Harris claimed he had met Des.

He also said they’d never met Kath in Falmouth as Harris had claimed.

He said he’d signed an affidavit at Nalders solicitors confirming that they had signed the wills in front of the Moyles and given them a story, because they were afraid of what Harris would do to them, and hoped they would get another £20, which they didn’t.

He said when he was interviewed by police he just said no comment to everything as he just wanted to get in and out but admitted he lied to the police.

The trial continues with the jury expected to go out later today (Friday).