THE jury in the Heather Barnett murder trial yesterday visited the flat where the 48-year-old curtainmaker was killed.

Court Two effectively moved its proceedings from Winchester to Bournemouth for four hours so that the jurors – seven men and five women – could familiarise themselves with the key locations in the prosecution’s case.

They were accompanied by the judge, Mr Justice Burnett, prosecuting and defence counsel, court staff, detectives, Restivo’s interpreter and the media.

There was also a significant police presence.

Italian Danilo Restivo, 39, is accused of murdering mother-of-two Ms Barnett on Tuesday November 12, 2002 at her home, 211 Capstone Road, Charminster.

He denies the charge and chose not to be present for the jury visit.

The jurors were taken firstly to the Capstone Road property and viewed it inside and out.

They were told the property was still structurally the same although some of the rooms were now for different purposes.

The jury were also shown the defendant’s home, 96 Chatsworth Road, directly opposite the crime scene.

Members also viewed the bus stop in Richmond Park Road – where Restivo purchased a ticket which he later used as part of his alibi for his movements that morning – and the Richmond Arms pub at Charminster Road.

During evidence in court, the jury has seen CCTV footage from the pub showing a man crossing the road on the day of the murder and who was identified as Restivo by pharmacist Claire George.

Jurors were given details and relevance of each location by DI Jez Noyce. He told them that other CCTV cameras in the vicinity were either not there in 2002 or not operating that day.

Later the court group moved to Nacro in Wallisdown Road, where the defendant was attending a computer training course of the day of Heather Barnett’s killing.

In the afternoon the party visited Pig Shoot Lane at Hurn and Throop Mill.

On Wednesday, the court was told that Restivo had been under surveillance by police in those locations on several days in 2004.

He had been watching women and when approached by officers was in possession of a large fillet knife, black bin bags, scissors, tissues, gloves and a balaclava.

The hearing resumes on Tuesday with two weeks of Italian evidence.