October 2011
19. Joanna Yeates's parents were in the public gallery. A statement was read out from PC Steve Archer, who was guarding 44 Canynge Rd on 2nd January 2011 when Tanja and I went there to pick up our things to take to 37 Aberdeen Rd after we had got back from the Netherlands. Lyndsey Farmery went into the witness box to call out the URLs of each of the web pages displayed on the screens that Mr Lickley told the court I had researched on the internet and were listed on the 1300 page document. DC Mark Luther, the officer in charge of the case, showed the court a succession of interior photos of our own flat. My lawyer William Clegg QC opened his case for the defence.
20. Joanna Yeates's parents, her brother Chris, and her boyfriend Greg Reardon were in the public gallery. Ilse, Cora and Marcel were also in the public gallery. I went into the witness box to testify. My lawyer William Clegg QC cross-examined me about my career, how I came to meet Joanna Yeates, how she died, and how I transported her body to Longwood Lane. The prosecutor Nigel Lickley QC cross-examined me.
21. Joanna Yeates's father and her boyfriend Greg Reardon were in the public gallery. I went into the witness box to testify. Mr Lickley cross-examined me about my meeting with Joanna Yeates and how she came to be strangled. He cross-examined me about dumping the body. The court was shown a photo taken of the scar on my arm after I had been arrested. Dr Nat Cary testified about his examination of the body for the defence. Mr Clegg cross-examined Dr Nat Cary. The court was shown a close-up photo of Joanna’s face, a photo of an abrasion over Joanna’s lip, a photo of an injury on the left side of Joanna’s collar bone, a photo of marks on the back of her neck, photos of injuries on Joanna’s “trunk”, a photo of a clear mark on Joanna’s right wrist, a photo of Joanna’s left arm, showing marks on her left hand, a photo showing the marks on Joanna’s ankle. Mr. Lickley cross-examined Dr. Nat Cary. The court was shown a photo of an abrasion on Joanna’s cheek.