A British man accused of murdering his wife and daughter wrote about selling his story to "the highest bidder", a court has heard.

Prosecutor Michael Fabbri said the Trial by media ...
Online scam ... notes belonging to Neil Entwistle were found when he was arrested.

Mr Entwistle, 29, from Worksop, Nottinghamshire, denies murdering his wife Rachel, 27, and nine-month-old daughter Lillian in January 2006.

Elliot Weinstein, defending, said the Briton loved his wife and was innocent.

The Briton's wife and daughter were found shot dead at the family's rented home in a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts.

Mr Entwistle, who is appearing at Middlesex County Superior Court in Woburn, Massachusetts, faces life in prison without the possibility of parole, if convicted.

The BBC's Rajesh Mirchandani said Mr Entwistle appeared sombre in court and wore a dark suit and tie.

After his family's deaths Mr Entwistle flew to the UK on a one-way ticket - to his parents' home in Worksop.

Later he told police he had found his family dead, but did not call the police because he panicked.

But prosecutors say he planned to kill his family then himself, but backed out of the last part.

They say he had a secret life - that he was thousands of pounds in debt, visited websites offering casual sex, and searched online for ways to kill people and take his own life.

He was arrested on 9 February 2006 at Royal Oak underground station in west London and was taken back to the US.

He is also charged with possessing a firearm without a licence and possessing of a firearm without a federal ID card.

The trial, which is expected to last three weeks, continues.

(BBC)

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