Behind bars for his wife91裸聊视频檚 murder, Peter Beckett hatched a plan with his cellmate to get rid of anyone in the way of his future freedom and wealth, a Kelowna jury heard this week.

Beckett, a former New Zealand city councillor, was arrested and charged with murder a year after the Aug. 18, 2010 drowning of Laura Letts-Beckett in Upper Arrow Lake, near Revelstoke. While awaiting trial at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre in July 2012 he told his cellmate that he didn91裸聊视频檛 deserve the charge, though his story didn91裸聊视频檛 ring true.

91裸聊视频淗e explained to me he was out boating in a zodiac with his wife and told me he was positioned in a way where he was facing the stern of the boat and fishing, and his wife was up front, at the bow, and he said he didn91裸聊视频檛 notice that she91裸聊视频檇 fallen off of it. He didn91裸聊视频檛 see her flailing under water,91裸聊视频� the former cellmate, whose name is protected under a publication ban, told the court in testimony that started Tuesday and continued through to Thursday.

91裸聊视频淎nd I said, 91裸聊视频榠s that your story, is that what you said to police?91裸聊视频� and he said, 91裸聊视频榶eah,91裸聊视频� and I said, 91裸聊视频榶ou91裸聊视频檙e f**ked.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

The cellmate testified that he had lots of experience on the water, and a zodiac is a very buoyant boat.

A guy such as Beckett, who is six-feet-nine inches tall and 400 pounds, sitting in the steer of the boat would feel a change in the balance.

91裸聊视频淚 said that bow would have been standing straight in the air as soon as she fell off,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频楬ow you didn91裸聊视频檛 feel that or hear that in the boat, that91裸聊视频檚 impossible.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

In time Beckett changed his story, and said perhaps his wife gently lowered herself from the zodiac and slipped into the water.

That, however, wasn91裸聊视频檛 the only reason he saw a conviction in his future.

The cellmate told jurors that when he asked Beckett for details on evidence the police had and witnesses queued up to speak, he was convinced he91裸聊视频檇 be convicted.

One woman in particular, said the cellmate, had the most damming evidence.

91裸聊视频淚 said if she showed up you91裸聊视频檙e done,91裸聊视频� he told jurors.

That seemed to trigger a reaction in Beckett and a week later, after the cellmate changed cells, Mr. Beckett showed up at his door with his bail form. The form indicated who Beckett was supposed to stay away from once he was freed91裸聊视频� including the aforementioned woman91裸聊视频� the Letts family and their lawyer.

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Beckett told his cellmate there was a lot of money with 91裸聊视频渨ills, and properties and life insurance policies,91裸聊视频� involved in his case.

91裸聊视频�(Beckett) started going on about how we could live a lavish lifestyle on the outs, and how there91裸聊视频檚 a lot of money involved,91裸聊视频� said the former cellmate.

91裸聊视频淗e knew I was getting out and I was well known in the system, and I hung out with shady characters on the street.91裸聊视频�

As the cellmate built up his reputation as a criminal with clout, Beckett seemingly tried to win favour by bringing him weekly canteen supplies91裸聊视频攋unk food and cooking supplies that only arrive weekly.

He also talked a lot about moving to Costa Rica together if only the cellmate could kill the Letts family and the witnesses.

He told jurors that he was to take out the witness 91裸聊视频淢VA style91裸聊视频� and the family by burning his house. Supreme Court Justice Alison Beames told them that the evidence about methodology was to be disregarded going forward.

The cellmate then testified that he sent a letter to the lead RCMP investigator sharing his conversations with Beckett.

91裸聊视频淭his case started to bother me 91裸聊视频� I think a lot of the reason I contacted (the RCMP case investigator) was my sister was murdered and it tore my family to pieces. This kept eating at me. I was thinking about what that family was going through.91裸聊视频�

Defence lawyer Marilyn Sandford raised the witness91裸聊视频檚 extensive criminal record in cross examination, pointing out that starting in 1982 there were a number of convictions for robberies, fraudulent use of credit cards and dangerous driving.

She also highlighted portions of his prison diary to seemingly undermine his credibility.

The cellmate hadn91裸聊视频檛 just offered up Beckett. In a correspondence with the Mountie who was investigating the Beckett case, the cellmate spoke of his connections to the Sanghera gang.

91裸聊视频淧erhaps we could take down the entire Sanghera crime family,91裸聊视频� Sandford read from his the witness91裸聊视频檚 diary. They were rivals of the Bacon brothers, the Red Scorpions, and the UN gang at the time.

The cellmate said they91裸聊视频檇 become friends in pretrial confinement.

91裸聊视频淪o it wasn91裸聊视频檛 your sister91裸聊视频檚 death that caused you to do something,91裸聊视频� said Sandford, adding that the cellmate just wanted to be a police informant.

91裸聊视频淵ou91裸聊视频檙e so far on the left it91裸聊视频檚 starting to frighten me,91裸聊视频� the cellmate said. 91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e here to talk about this case. I don91裸聊视频檛 care about some dead Sanghera.91裸聊视频�

n opening statements, the Crown alleged that Beckett had taken out a sizeable accidental death insurance policy on his wife and he had his eyes on her part of a family inheritance. The Letts family are wealthy, fourth-generation cattle ranchers from Alberta.