Court Reporter: Gail's Trial, Day 2

Today is the second day of the murder trial of Gail McIntyre. We've jumped straight into the case for the Defence. It seemed awfully quick, you'd think the prosecution would try a little harder to convince the jury of Mrs. McIntyre's guilt, wouldn't you? One witness who claims a confession who also seems to have a hidden agenda and one witness, the daughter of the deceased who really didn't actually witness anything other than receiving a text and some flowers.

The first witness is the accused herself. That's also odd, too. Don't they usually leave the accused's testimony for last? Well, we've got her anyway. She seemed pretty clear about what was what. She insists he planned to fake his own death and she she says they had an argument and physical fight on the dock and she couldn't stop him sailing away. She also poked a lot of holes in the testimony of Ms. Barlow but it's all hearsay, really, and the prosecution tore Gail apart over the cover-up. All she says is that she didn't want Joe to get into trouble for this daft plan so she and her son lied and pretended but she didn't kill her husband.

Do we believe her story? This court reporter doesn't know the accused well enough to know whether she has an aggressive side to her, wether she could manipulate and lie that easily. She doesn't look like she could, mind you, she looks like she could just be stubborn and single minded and a bit stupid when it comes to men whereas that Barlow woman does seem to have a smug air about her. Let's hope tomorrow's testimony will shed a bit more light.