THE jury in the Lady in the Lake' trial visited Coniston Water on Tuesday and, from beneath brollies and toggled hoods, squinted through the drizzle to see the spot where a Scots couple told the Preston Crown Court hearing they saw a man in a wetsuit dump a "heavy bundle" from a boat in to the lake's dark waters near Bayliff Wood.
After spending just three minutes squelching along the shore amid fallen branches and mighty oaks felled by the weekend's storms, they climbed back on their minibus to drive to Bayliff Wood.
The court's entourage led the way, including the trial judge Mr Justice McCombe (with an umbrella over his head this time instead of a wig). At his side were prosecuting barrister Alistair Webster QC and his opposite number on the defence bench Andrew Edis QC. Defendant Gordon Park remained in his car.
A buoy marked the point where Carol Park lay for 28 years, dressed in a tiny nightie and wrapped in bin liners.
Earlier, the jury had briefly convened at Bluestones, at Leece, near Barrow. It was the bungalow Park shared with Carol and the couple's three children when she went missing.
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