Peter Beckett

• B.C. woman’s mysterious death the subject of Amazon Prime docuseries

  Peter Beckett, who was the only witness, told police his wife fell overboard from their inflatable boat and she was unable to swim and he was unable to rescue her.

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  Dec 13, 2024
  
• New Zealand councillor who overturned murder conviction headed back to court for his motorhome

  'The motorhome was legally sold in June of 2014 and the plaintiff was notified of the sale on or about that date,' reads the response. 

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  Dec 9, 2021
  
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• Man imprisoned for wife’s murder in Revelstoke sues for return of motorhome upon release

  Peter Beckett, a former New Zealand city councillor, stood trial twice for the murder of his wife, who drowned while the couple was out boating in 2010.

  Crime

  Sep 12, 2021
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• Third trial ordered for New Zealand man found guilty of murdering Alberta wife in B.C.’s Interior

  Peter Beckett was charged with murder in the drowning death of his wife, Laura Letts of Alberta, while vacationing near Revelstoke in August 2010.

  Crime

  Sep 29, 2020
• Peter Beckett found guilty of first-degree murder in Kelowna court

  The former New Zealand city councillor drowned his wife, Laura Letts-Beckett, while boating near Revelstoke in 2010.

  Crime

  Sep 16, 2017
• Jail house snitch testifies in Kelowna trial of man accused of murdering his wife

  In August 2010, Laura Lett-Beckett drowned near Shelter Bay in Upper Arrow Lake while on a vacation with her husband.

  Aug 22, 2017