Briton stands trial for murder of wife and baby

BRITON Neil Entwistle goes on trial in the US today, accused of murdering his American wife and baby.

The first few days of the hearing are expected to be taken up with legal arguments and selecting the jury.

Entwistle is charged with shooting dead his 27-year-old wife Rachel and their nine-month-old daughter Lillian Rose at their home in Hopkinton, Massachusetts on January 20, 2006.