(Photo Courtesy of the City of Aliquippa Police Department)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) The trial continued yesterday in Beaver County for Brett Ours of Aliquippa, who is accused of attacking Preston Coleman at the Aliquippa VFW 3577 bar on January 5th, 2025. The charges for Ours include aggravated assault and attempted homicide. Ours took the stand to defend himself even though a surveillance video of the incident was shown in the courtroom and he told the jury that Coleman was calling a man with whom he had “bad blood,” from a motorcycle club that Ours was excommunicated from. The attack lasted 30 to 40 minutes. Jurors could see Ours punch, kick and choke Coleman repeatedly in the video of the incident and prosecutors believe Ours was trying to kill Coleman. However, Ours stated that he feared for his own safety and despite never seeing one, he believed Coleman had a gun on him, so he pulled out his knife. Before hitting Coleman, the video of the incident showed Ours stabbing the bar multiple times and throwing the knife to the ground and he is now ex-girlfriend took the knife from the ground before the beating started. Ours was asked during the testimony if he was sorry for what he did and he responded: “Absolutely. I fully take responsibility. I hurt a man. I never intended to kill Preston. I’m not proud of what I did.” Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible believes the prosecutor of Ours has proved the case to the jury. Bible expects the jury to start deliberations today and if jurors are not close to a verdict by the late afternoon, deliberations will resume on Tuesday because of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday.