The friend at the center of a yoga teacher’s murder trial was so excited as he left court yesterday that he went out of his way to step on a press cameraman’s foot.
Colin Strickland, 37, had been testifying against his ex, defendant Kaitlin Armstrong, when he stormed out of the courtroom on his way back to his car, followed by the media.
In a video filmed by NewsNation’s Alex Caprariello, the cameraman can be heard screaming “Ouch!” after Strickland’s outburst.
It was his second such attack on a member of the press. Earlier in the day, he was also seen knocking away a news camera at the courthouse.
The cameraman has not yet been named, but Caprariello reports that he plans to press charges against Strickland.
Strickland spent yesterday testifying about how jealous a friend of Armstrong’s was.
Colin Strickland storms out of the Travis County Courthouse after testifying against his ex Kaitlin Armstrong
As Strickland approached the cameraman (left), he stomped on his foot. The cameraman wants to file a complaint
Unbeknownst to him, she routinely blocked women’s numbers on his phone and was particularly upset about his relationship with murder victim Moriah “Mo” Wilson.
He claims the two were just friends when she died, but admits he lied to Armstrong about spending the day with her. He also saved her phone number under a false name to avoid Armstrong’s wrath.
In March 2022, Armstrong was angry when he saw a photo of the couple completing a cycling race on Instagram.
“Greetings Mo,” she joked.
“Can you please stop,” he begged her.
On the day of the murder, while swimming with Wilson, Strickland told Armstrong that he had gone to drop off flowers at a friend’s house.
Kaitlin Armstrong is shown on the first day of her trial. Cameras were only permitted for opening statements. Closing arguments will be the only other part of the trial that will be televised
‘Hey! Are you outside? I went to drop off some flowers for Alison at her son’s house up north and my phone was broken.
Kaitlin Armstrong in her booking photo after being brought back to the US from Costa Rica
“I’m going home unless you have another meal suggestion,” he said.
Last week, jurors were played Ring security camera footage from a neighbor in which Wilson could be heard screaming.
Three shots were heard.
Prosecutors say Armstrong shot Wilson twice in the head and once in the heart with a gun Strickland bought for her.
It is believed she then fled the apartment on Wilson’s bicycle, which was found in the bushes behind her apartment.
Armstrong fled Texas after an initial police interview.
She flew to Costa Rica, where she reportedly only taught yoga.
Moriah “Mo” Wilson was shot and killed in Austin on May 11th. She had just returned home from an evening swim with Strickland, with whom she had once been romantically involved
After Wilson and Strickland’s secret meeting, Armstrong’s 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee was seen driving in front of Wilson’s friend’s house in Austin, where the cyclist was murdered
Authorities said at the time that she paid for a nose job and dyed her hair brown after fleeing the United States and using her sister’s passport to fly out of the United States. Armstrong also used several pseudonyms while on the run, using the name “Ari” to woo a man she met at a tattoo shop while on the run.
Police arrested her after an anonymous tip and surveillance footage outside Wilson’s apartment allegedly showed the yoga instructor’s car.
She was arrested in July and brought back to Austin. A few weeks before the trial began, she tried to run away again during a doctor’s visit.
However, Armstrong only managed to stay on the run for about ten minutes before officers caught up with her.
Officers said she ran more than a block into a neighborhood but remained in their sight the entire time.
The amateur yoga instructor was taken to Dell Seton Medical Center after attempting to escape.
Colin Strickland (pictured) testified that Armstrong was jealous of his relationships and friendships with other women