The weapon believed to be the one used to stab Nick Tanti, and the white hockey jersey he was wearing the night of February 29, 2020, were presented to the jury for the first time Wednesday, the third day of the Aidan and Angus Kee trial.
Det. Sgt. Brandy Henderson of the Guelph Police Service was the lone witness to testify that morning.
The pocket knife seized from Angus was the main focus of her testimony.
"There's a skull at the top, that appears to have the word 'death' in the forehead of the skull," Henderson said, describing the details of the knife to the jury.
"Underneath the skull is a woman's face."
Using the button at the top, the knife was able to flip open with "very little force," Henderson confirmed to defense lawyer James Milgin.
The knife was said to be 3.5 inches long. Henderson demonstrated a couple of times the opening and closing function of it, and it was passed around the jury for them to take a closer look.
The stained jersey was also shown, seized from Tanti's body while he was on a hospital gurney at Guelph General Hospital.
What was focused on here was a single incision on the lower part of the jersey, underneath a "parental advisory: explicit content" label.
"It would appear to me that (the incision) is roughly three centimetres long," asked Milgin.
"Yes, I would agree," responded Henderson.
Milgin later asked if Henderson agreed the incision correlated closely to the width of the knife blade.
"The absolute width of it? Yes, I believe so," Henderson said.
Also presented were photos and videos taken, such as the scene at Tony's Billiards on Macdonell Street. Among some of the items captured in the images that night at the scene include a baseball cap with a five-dollar bill inside, a watch, a sweater and fragments of what was said to be a Molson Canadian beer bottle.
Blood droplets were also seen along the sidewalk in front of the Downtown Guelph pool hall, in a vacant parking spot in front, and a small smear on the inside of the bar's glass door.
Photos were also taken of the clothing Aidan and Angus were wearing that night, other items they had in their possession, and close ups of Aidan's face, where the swollen eye was shown.
Aiden, the older brother, faces a second-degree murder charge, while Angus is accused of unlawful act manslaughter and accessory after the fact manslaughter.
The trial continues Wednesday afternoon.
