Briton weeps as murder scene video shown at US trial

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

WOBURN, Massachusetts (AFP) — A Briton accused of killing his wife and baby broke down in tears as prosecutors in Massachusetts showed jurors a gruesome video of the victims cuddled together in bed.

Showing emotion for the first time in the trial, Neil Entwistle, 29, covered his mouth and eyes with his hands and wept during the 20-minute crime scene video showing his dead 27-year-old wife Rachel and 9-month-old baby Lillian.

Entwistle's mother Yvonne was also overcome with tears and buried her head against her husband Clifford's shoulder as he held her tightly.

The January 2006 video was silent except for the first few seconds, which captured classical music from a radio in the empty nursery when police arrived at the house that the family rented only 10...