"WHY were we supporting him? Could our loss to the NV have had anything to do with it?"

Now that is a very interesting sort of logic. I wouldn't try it in court.

"When Mr Brown was killing his family, Mr Jones tried to stop him doing it - and you attempted to prevent Mr Jones doing so. Why was that?"

"Well Mr Jones had previously chased me off his premises, when I was attempting to steal his house, so I was angry with him. So it's all his fault."