Sam Mullins

As she moved toward the witness box, all eyes were on her, none more intently than those of her father. His eyes seemed to be reaching out, determined to meet hers, but he was boxed out by the body of a support worker.

Sheena stumbled as she went up the step, was sworn in, and then when the clerk whispered something that only she could hear, she took the hard candy out of her mouth and wrapped it tightly in a napkin. Your full name is Sheena Elizabeth Walker? Correct. And you were born in Canada? Correct. Was it your choice to accompany your father to England? Yes. You used fake names. Why?

Sheena stumbled as she went up the step, was sworn in, and then when the clerk whispered something that only she could hear, she took the hard candy out of her mouth and wrapped it tightly in a napkin. Your full name is Sheena Elizabeth Walker? Correct. And you were born in Canada? Correct. Was it your choice to accompany your father to England? Yes. You used fake names. Why?

My mother was after custody of my siblings and after my father for financial support. As prosecutor Charles Barton steered her through, Sheena answered every question with conviction. Detective Ian Clenahan was there in the courtroom.

My mother was after custody of my siblings and after my father for financial support. As prosecutor Charles Barton steered her through, Sheena answered every question with conviction. Detective Ian Clenahan was there in the courtroom.

Sheena was only on the stand for a short period of time that day, but she was able to cover a lot of ground. Meeting Elaine and Ron, taking their names. She and her father posing as a married couple. Ron moving back to England. And then, the key timeline detail. Sheena said that the last time she ever saw Ron Platt was at Christmas 1995.

Sheena was only on the stand for a short period of time that day, but she was able to cover a lot of ground. Meeting Elaine and Ron, taking their names. She and her father posing as a married couple. Ron moving back to England. And then, the key timeline detail. Sheena said that the last time she ever saw Ron Platt was at Christmas 1995.

About six months later, in June 1996, Walker told her that Ron had, quote, given up and had traveled across to France, to the Bordeaux region. Sheena told detectives that on July 20th, during their holiday in Devon, Walker went for a solo sale for the entire day. A month after that was when Officer Peter Redman called Walker to inform him that Platt's body was found in the channel.

About six months later, in June 1996, Walker told her that Ron had, quote, given up and had traveled across to France, to the Bordeaux region. Sheena told detectives that on July 20th, during their holiday in Devon, Walker went for a solo sale for the entire day. A month after that was when Officer Peter Redman called Walker to inform him that Platt's body was found in the channel.

Sheena was in the room when he called him and described her father as seeming shocked. And what happened then, after the police first called your dad? We made plans to move. But the most important detail Barton wanted Sheena to tell the jury, the reason the police were so keen to have her on the stand, that they worked with the RAF to make it possible, that, of course, was saved for last.

Sheena was in the room when he called him and described her father as seeming shocked. And what happened then, after the police first called your dad? We made plans to move. But the most important detail Barton wanted Sheena to tell the jury, the reason the police were so keen to have her on the stand, that they worked with the RAF to make it possible, that, of course, was saved for last.

When was the last time you talked to your father? He asked me to change my testimony. He asked me to say that I knew Ron was in Devon, and that I was supposed to know that Ron had been on the boat as well. And with that, the first day was done. It had been a gutsy move to open with Sheena, but the guts Sheena showed on the stand were all anyone was talking about.

When was the last time you talked to your father? He asked me to change my testimony. He asked me to say that I knew Ron was in Devon, and that I was supposed to know that Ron had been on the boat as well. And with that, the first day was done. It had been a gutsy move to open with Sheena, but the guts Sheena showed on the stand were all anyone was talking about.

I'm Sam Mullins, and this is Sea of Lies from CBC's Uncover. Episode 7, Plausible, Intelligent, and Ruthless. As Sheena took the witness stand on the second day of her cross-examination, one reporter noted that she seemed even more grounded than the day before. She glanced in her father's direction, but his eyes were no longer on her.

I'm Sam Mullins, and this is Sea of Lies from CBC's Uncover. Episode 7, Plausible, Intelligent, and Ruthless. As Sheena took the witness stand on the second day of her cross-examination, one reporter noted that she seemed even more grounded than the day before. She glanced in her father's direction, but his eyes were no longer on her.

Whether he had resigned himself to the realization that he no longer had any sway over her, or his attorney Richard Ferguson had coached him to stop eyeballing her so intensely, his eyes were elsewhere as Ferguson took the floor.

Whether he had resigned himself to the realization that he no longer had any sway over her, or his attorney Richard Ferguson had coached him to stop eyeballing her so intensely, his eyes were elsewhere as Ferguson took the floor.

The defense began by getting Sheena to reconfirm something that came up the day before, that it was indeed her idea to accompany her father to Britain, and that she left Canada of her own free will. It was.

The defense began by getting Sheena to reconfirm something that came up the day before, that it was indeed her idea to accompany her father to Britain, and that she left Canada of her own free will. It was.

He then led her to confirm that she knew Platt to be a depressive, and someone who had become disenchanted with England, and that she had heard there was a plan in place for Ron to move to France to start a new life. That was right. But the point Ferguson seemed most determined to amend from her testimony was the same one her father had called her from prison to amend.