Roderick Flavell leaves the Penticton court in April 2022. UPDATE: 3 p.m. Crown prosecutors began building their homicide case against Roderick Flavell on Monday, calling police and family friends at the kiosk who were interacting with the accused killer the day his wife was found a few inches from the death and did not respond. The Penticton Supreme Court heard from RCMP police officers Sidhu and Robinson about what happened on the night of April 8, 2020. Const. Sidhu testified that he was working on the Osoyoos RCMP detachment when a man, who was soon identified as Flavell, arrived outside at around 11 p.m. and used the external telephone to call in staff on duty. In an audio recording of that courtroom conversation, Flavell says he sent an email to the RCMP earlier that his wife was “not doing well” and needed medical attention. He avoids a question about what happened and if they fought, and arranges to talk to an officer outside in his car. Sidhu went out to meet Flavell. Sidhu testified that Flavell asked if anyone had still gone to his home because his wife, Tina Seminara, 61, was “in poor condition.” “I looked closer and saw bloodstains [on his shirt]Said Sidhu, adding that his colleague had marked knives and a rope in the passenger seat of the car. “I advised Mr Flavel that he had been arrested for assaulting his wife.” Flavel was taken into custody and Const. Robinson headed for Flavel. Both Sidhu and Robinson remembered that Flavell had a “calm” demeanor and was not talkative. Sidhu said he saw red scratches on Flavell’s wrists, red marks on his neck and more scratches on his cheek as he was being processed for detention. Flavell declined when asked if he wanted to contact a lawyer. Robinson, meanwhile, arrived at the Osoyoos’s home on Cypress Hills Drive. It was dark and quiet and the door was locked. He tried to break the glass to enter the house, but failed. He returned wirelessly to the station where Flavell was after noticing a password box and receiving a password that worked. Inside, he found what he described as signs of struggle, including an inverted coffee table and broken glass, and the Seminar lying on the floor partly covered by a blanket and something that looked like a sofa cushion. Robinson testified that he controlled her pulse, which was “very weak” but detectable, and her breathing, which she described as “purring” and “shortness of breath”. He did not do CPR as he was breathing and had a pulse, instead of calling for help. The EMS arrived a little later. “I never got an answer from [Seminara]”, Said Robinson. She described her face as “badly beaten” – swollen closed eyes, blood around her nose and swollen lips and that her face had begun to “change color”. The seminar was then taken to the hospital and after weeks of germination that the Crown claims was caused by a lack of oxygen to the brain, her family decided to unplug it. She died on April 17, 2020, when the aggravated charges of assaulting her husband escalated into homicide. On Monday, the court also heard a neighbor and family friend testify that he received creepy messages from Flavell at 9:57 p.m. on April 8, more than an hour before she appeared on RCMP – “Call 911” and “Tina needs help” Among the messages. The friend testified that he did not see the messages until the next morning. He also testified that he never saw quarrels between the couple. The trial is set to continue on Tuesday, with witnesses expected to include two emergency personnel and a doctor who attended the seminar at the hospital. ORIGINAL: 10:45 a.m. The trial of a man from Osogi accused of assault that killed his wife in 2020 has been ongoing since Monday morning. Roderick Flavell, in his 60s, is in the Supreme Court for the first day of a trial that is expected to take up to three weeks. Flavell faces allegations that on April 8, 2020, he injured his wife Tina Seminara, 61, so badly that she remained in a vegetative state and then died in hospital. He pleaded not guilty. He had previously been elected to be tried by jurors, but changed his mind in April 2022, choosing only a judge. Many witnesses, including police officers, first aid workers, neighbors and others, are expected in the coming weeks. More follow.