The mother of a woman accused of murder says she warned her daughter's boyfriend not to touch the Ibex Valley man who was later found dead in the burned remains of his cabin.

Jessie Asp testified Wednesday at an ongoing Yukon Supreme Court murder trial.

Asp's eldest daughter, Christina, is currently standing trial accused of killing 63-year-old Gordon Seybold alongside her boyfriend, Norman Larue.

Larue is expected to go to trial later this year.

Seybold's charred remains were found after his cabin burned to the ground on March 26, 2008.

On the stand, Jessie Asp told the court about a conversation she says she only recently remembers having with Larue — also known as Junior — in the days prior to Seybold's death.

When asked whether her daughter was there during the conversation, Asp testified she couldn't be certain, but added that the couple was rarely apart during their visit to the territory in 2008.

Asp says Larue told her about plans to rob Seybold as well as the family's neighbours at their cabin near Marsh Lake.

Asp testified that the young couple needed money to travel back south.

She said she told Larue not to touch Seybold and suggested the couple borrow the money from family members to pay for their trip.

Asp said she thought she was clear and that nothing bad would happen.

An admitted alcoholic with a bad memory, Asp told the court she has been drinking about a "mickey” of liquor a day while her daughter has been on trial.

She was sober to testify, she said.

She was drinking almost every day while her daughter was visiting, and also smoked marijuana, she said.

Despite multiple extensive interviews with investigators, Asp insists she only recently recalled the conversation about robbing Seybold — telling police days before her daughter's trial began in March.

She said she never talked to her daughter nor Larue about the conversation after Seybold's remains were found.

Defence lawyer Ken Tessovitch questioned why Asp only remembered this conversation now.

He pointed to high-pressure interviews she had with police and wondered why she would not have remembered the conversation then.

Investigators have already told the court they initially considered Jessie Asp a person of interest in Seybold's murder in part because police say the two did not get along.

Asp told the jury she was originally charged with conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit arson in connection with the case but is no longer facing those charges.

The 50-year-old, who once dated a man living in another cabin on Seybold's property, testified that if Seybold didn't like her, it was probably because of her drinking.

She said she considered him a casual friend and can only remember one time that they argued.

Asp told the jury that while drinking, she sometimes gets mad and talks about people she doesn't like.

She often forgets what she has said the next morning, she testified.

The jury of 12 women and two men was warned during the Crown's opening statement more than five weeks ago that what motivated Seybold's murder may never be clear.

The trial, unfolding before Justice Leigh Gower, resumed today, and is scheduled to continue until June.