Laura Letts-Beckett was afraid of the water and never went boating without taking precautions, a jury looking at the circumstances of her 2010 drowning was told.

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Letts-Beckett died Aug. 18, 2010 in Upper Arrow Lake, near Revelstoke, and her husband, a former New Zealand town councillor was charged with her murder a year later.

Hawkins and her husband Ron were friends with the Becketts for several years and they were all expecting to meet up on the day Laura mysteriously drowned.

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They went to the shoreline and saw Peter on the pontoon boat and Laura, lying in the aisle of the boat.

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She did, however, remember that Peter was standing in the boat in just his underwear. He told them he香蕉视频直播檇 taken off his pants when he went in for Laura. He joined them at their home for several days before going to his own home.

Another witness called to testify Tuesday who was also aware of Laura香蕉视频直播檚 apprehension when it came to water was Wendy Scinski, the principal at the school Laura had taught at.

She said she was aware from various field trips and social occasions that Laura couldn香蕉视频直播檛 swim.

She also offered some insight into who Laura was, noting that she was careful and meticulous.

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Scinski also said that Laura was estranged from her family at the time of her death and it was difficult for her.

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Although Scinksi was primarily friends with Laura, she had also spent some time with Peter in social circumstances and in the weeks after her death she had one afternoon where she had a significant amount of one-on-one time.

Peter called Scinski a week after his wife drowned and asked her to help arrange a service.

In time for the event, Peter said he wanted to buy a fountain to memorialize his wife, and he asked Scinski to join him in Edmonton for the purchase.

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He believed the Letts香蕉视频直播� family lawyer Ray Barlow had whipped the document up and falsified that it had been done beforehand.

There was a lot of discussion between the lawyer and Peter, said Scinski, and when they left he asked her if she thought the lawyer would take the case.

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Beckett, a former New Zealand town councillor, told at least one person in the aftermath that his wife fell off the zodiac, slipped underwater and he didn香蕉视频直播檛 notice until it was too late, said Crown counsel Evan Goulet in his opening statement.

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At some point Beckett flagged down another boater, who tried to no avail to help revive Letts-Beckett who was lying on the shoreline. A subsequent autopsy confirmed the death was caused by drowning.

Crown is arguing that Beckett killed his wife in an attempt to get her money.