Jurors view killer knife

The option of taking the witness stand or remaining silent will be given to Bedeau by trial judge Justice Anthony Carmona.

Bedeau husband’s body was discovered in a shallow grave behind the family’s Warden Road home on November 15, 2002. Bernard Bedeau’s body was burnt and buried in a three-foot grave. A fig tree was planted on top of the grave.

On Monday, State attorney Angelica Teelucksingh had called the State’s last witness — PC Cuthbert Straker. The smell of stale kerosene filled the courtroom when the policeman tendered two plastic containers of kerosene into evidence.

The jurors also viewed the six-inch knife, which, according to the State, Bedeau allegedly used to stab her husband.

Straker testified yesterday that he responded to a report at Bedeau’s home on November 15, where he met Michael and Leo Bedeau. Straker said they pointed out certain spots to him and he in turn spoke to DMO Dr Mathur.

Straker testified that funeral agents dug out the remains of a body from a shallow grave. The policeman gave instructions for the body to be taken to the San Fernando Mortuary.

Straker said he returned to the Point Fortin Police Station at 7.50 pm, where he met accused Bedeau. The police witness said that Bedeau gave a cautionary statement.

Straker said Bedeau told him that the knife with which she fatally stabbed her husband was at home in her kitchen.

The police witness told the court that later that morning, he went with Bedeau to her home where he seized the knife, two plastic containers of kerosene and the garden fork which she used to dig a shallow grave.

The trial continues today.