A witness in Peter Beckett香蕉视频直播檚 trial told a Kelowna jury Friday that fundamental differences between the accused killer and his dead wife often led to friction.

Dolores English was a longtime friend and coworker of Laura Letts-Beckett, and told a jury the former New Zealand politician was fun and prone to saying everything and anything that came to mind 香蕉视频直播� an extrovert.

Letts-Beckett, on the other hand, was an introvert who didn香蕉视频直播檛 like airing her personal business, though she enjoyed a good conversation.

That difference, English told the court, led to some friction over the years, most notably when it came to the way Beckett talked about his wife香蕉视频直播檚 family.

In 2010 Letts-Beckett was estranged from her parents and her brothers, who were described in court as conservative, evangelical Christians.

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Although Letts-Beckett shared the burden she was carrying to English, many of the other people they worked with at the Alberta K to Grade 6 school didn香蕉视频直播檛 know about it.

Despite her desire to keep the issue private, English said that Beckett spoke freely about the situation.

He was bothered by how it 香蕉视频直播渟addened香蕉视频直播� Letts-Beckett. In turn, the way Beckett talked about the Letts family was a real problem for his wife.

It was such an issue that they broke up over the issue.

English at one point told police that she remembered Letts-Beckett telling her that she didn香蕉视频直播檛 think she could keep living in that way and that there might be a decision she had to make.

When pressed by Crown counsel Ian Currie on details surrounding that conversation, English offered slightly different evidence to what she香蕉视频直播檇 given previously.

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It was the second time Currie questioned the testimony English offered.

In direct question, English was asked about Letts-Beckett香蕉视频直播檚 history with fainting.

English told her that Letts-Beckett had fainted years before her death while her students were getting their immunization shots.

Years later, when the two women were going to a Patsy Cline tribute concert they discussed that event because Letts-Beckett was wondering whether she should get some new shots for an upcoming trip. She also told English that she香蕉视频直播檇 fainted in the past, when she was school age, commenting that she had a 香蕉视频直播渇ainting issue.香蕉视频直播�

Currie at that point said that English was 香蕉视频直播渢hinking about ways to assist Peter Beckett.香蕉视频直播�

English also said that she had been boating with the couple and Letts-Beckett may have started her boating adventures with a lifejacket on, but she was comfortable in the boat and often took the floatation device off when she was sunning herself.

Defence will continue throughout next week.