As well as identifying the two items, police officer Chan Kin-wah also confirmed he had helped remove from the Kissel residence on November 12, 2003, a green rug, tablets and other items from around the house and from Nancy Kissel's handbag.

Kissel, 41, is accused of serving her husband a pink milkshake laced with sedatives, which left Robert Kissel unconscious at the foot of their bed as she beat him to death with a heavy metal ornament on November 2, 2003.

The accused told a doctor and police at the time that her husband was drunk and had assaulted her after she refused him sex, and then disappeared.

She denies the murder charge and is on bail.

The banker's decomposing body, wrapped in a carpet, was discovered in a storeroom in the Parkview residential complex in Tai Tam in the early hours of November 7.

Blood-stained items were examined on November 7 and 8, and Chan first visited the premises to remove further items on November 12 and 13.

Counsel, jurors and the judge gathered around the television set to see if they could identify blood spots.

Five police officers were called in to carry the chest of drawers on which the television once stood.

Jurors pointed out to each other areas allegedly stained by the blood.

Chan also said that a green rug which he had seized on November 12 appeared to be the same as the one the accused was pictured carrying in closed-circuit TV footage.

The tag on the rug, with its identification details, tallied with the details on a receipt from furniture store Tequila Kola, which showed that the accused had bought and taken a four by six-foot green rug.

The rug was passed around the jury so they could feel its weight.

On November 12, 2003, Chan also seized a white handbag belonging to the accused and a bottle of tablets with the label ``Dextropropoxyphene Kissel, Nancy.'' There were 15 tablets left in the bottle, whose

label stated ``Tab-20.''

Another bottle of tablets with similar spelling was seized from a wardrobe. This was dated October 28, 2003. It contained 11 tablets and had a label stating ``Tab-20.''

Chan said he also collected some white powder from two corners of the bed.

On November 13, Chan said one of the domestic helpers directed him to more plastic bags which, had not yet been seized, containing a black glove, a bottle of grease cleaner and blackened tissue paper.

In cross-examining the witness, senior counsel Alexander King for the accused pointed out that there seemed to be dried white powder around some of the handles on the chest of drawers.

After getting up to examine the piece of furniture more closely, Chan agreed with the assertion.

Chan also said Senior Inspector See Kwong-tak was responsible for deciding which items were to be seized on November 12. Drawing Chan's attention to a picture of the television set sitting on a white towel on the chest of drawers, King asked: ``Were you instructed by See to seize that white fabric?''

Chan replied: ``I did not seize it.''

Chan also said See had told him there was no need to search the room of the youngest son since he did not think such ``vulgar'' exhibits would be left there.

When Chan returned to the Kissel residence on November 13, and the domestic helper notified him about items he had failed to seize, she told him that she found them in the room of the youngest son, Chan said.

The trial continues today before Justice Michael Lunn.

albert.wong@singtaonewscorp.com