Briton 'looked at murder website'

Detective Lawrence James shows the jury a printed version of the website

Briton Neil Entwistle searched the internet for advice on killing just days before his wife and baby daughter were murdered, a US court has heard.

The jury was shown a diagram of major human arteries and "strike points" in the chest, found in the internet history of Mr Entwistle's laptop.

Mr Entwistle, 29, from Worksop, Nottinghamshire, denies murdering his US wife Rachel, 27, and Lillian Rose.

The court also heard his voice for the first time in an answerphone recording.

Detective Lawrence James, a computer specialist, told the jury that the diagram of the major arteries had been found on a website following a search for "how to kill with a knife".

Below the image, a comment read: "So you may be thinking 'Why go for the aorta why not the heart?'.

"Because this isn't the movies and it's (best) to stab through a human ribcage so if you ever get a clear shot at the torso, you'd be best to stab em in it just below the ribcage."

Sex sites

The website had been accessed shortly after 11.30pm on 16 January, he said.

Mr Entwistle, a former IT worker, is accused of killing his wife and nine month old daughter at their home in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, on 20 January 2006.

Neil Entwistle denies the double murder of his wife and baby daughter in 2006

The jury of eight men and eight women also heard how the same laptop and Mr Entwistle's username had been used to trawl adult sex sites less than 12 hours before the "how to kill with a knife" search.

Earlier, Middlesex County Superior Court in Woburn, Massachusetts, heard Mr Entwistle's voice for the first time in an answerphone message.

He left the message for Michael Fee, a lawyer acting on behalf of Kim Puig, the landlord of the Hopkinton house.

Ms Puig had become concerned that the property had been abandoned after the murders and the February rent had not been paid.

Post-mortem

Mr Entwistle left the US and travelled to the UK after the murders and was arrested at Royal Oak Tube station in west London in February 2006.

Mr Fee told the court: "He (Entwistle) stated that he had no intention of returning to the United States, that he didn't care what happened to the property.

"But he suggested that I speak to Mr and Mrs Matterazzo (Rachel's parents) about disposing of the personal property that was in the house."

Mr Entwistle also asked for the jewellery in the house to be sent to him, Mr Fee said.

The post-mortem results were also read to the court.

The jury heard that Mrs Entwistle was shot in the forehead at close range and Lillian was killed with a bullet which passed through her abdomen and lodged above her mother's left breast as she cradled her in the four-poster bed in the master bedroom.

Mr Entwistle faces life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted of the double murder.

The trial continues.