Bernice Cassar murder: “My funeral is next,” husband told friend
The man accused of killing his wife, Bernice Cassar, late last year told a friend on the day that his own funeral was next, a court heard on Wednesday.
Details of the conversation were given in court when Stephen Seychell, a former work colleague, gave evidence in the compilation of evidence against Roderick Cassar, who stands accused over the fatal shooting on November 22.
He said that when Roderick Cassar uploaded a Facebook post that appeared to indicate that he was contemplating suicide, he immediately phoned him.
On asking him whether he needed anything, Cassar replied: “Come to my funeral, My funeral is next,” he said.
When he asked more questions, Cassar replied, “I killed her! I killed her!”Seychell told the court that he was confused as he was not aware of the murder at the time.“My wife!” Cassar then told him.
On Wednesday Cassar sat calmly in court, eyes momentarily closed and hands on his lap.
A number of forensic experts, tasked by the inquiring magistrate to gather data from the crime scene, also testified.
A glass sample taken from the victim’s car, a key found at the crime scene, as well as the key to the Nissan Qashqai driven by the victim and subsequently...