JURORS in the Jenna Brookfield murder trial watched a video of Michael Baldwin showing police where he buried the teenager.

For 35 minutes court room 1 sat in silence as the discovery of the 15-year-old's body was replayed on a police video.

Yesterday, at Cardiff crown court the grim-faced jury saw footage of Baldwin, who denies murder, leading a team of investigators to the spot where he buried his 15-year-old stepdaughter.

The teenager's body was discovered in the early hours of November 19 following an extensive 12-week search.

David Aubrey, QC, prosecuting, said there was "a screen of vegetation behind which Jenna's body was hidden".

From the dock, Baldwin was asked by a court usher whether he wanted to view the video from one of six television screens.

He quietly replied: "Nah, it's all right." The jury of eight men and four women saw a replay of Baldwin, wearing a navy anorak and handcuffed to a detective, take officers through a wooded area, in a lay-by between Fiddler's Elbow and the Cordell Country Inn.

He pointed with his right hand to a place amid dense undergrowth. Mr Aubrey revealed in court last week Baldwin refused to go any nearer the shallow grave.

From the scene the 36-year-old, of Limekiln Road, Pontnewynydd, went to Newport central police station with his solicitor and made an 11 page statement confessing to burying Jenna, jurors heard.

Baldwin alleged she fell down the stairs at the former family home on Ffrwd Road, Abersychan, in an accident following a heated exchange between the pair, last September.

As night fell, the B4246 Blaenavon to Abergavenny road remained open to traffic for some time but the lay-by was cordoned off as a forensic team arrived at the scene. Throughout the night they painstakingly carried out a finger-tip search under powerful spotlight.

Kitted-out in white overalls, face masks and head lamps, they bagged numerous pieces of potential evidence and pulled away large branches from the top of Jenna's grave. More than 30 areas were photographed for examination.

A small stream of earthy water hampered the search as it ran directly through the taped-off zone.

Metal plates were carefully laid down on the softest parts of the ground and the stream was diverted.

Forensic officers began the difficult process of scraping away layers of soil with a trowel and lifting large stones to reach the teenager.

The court earlier heard Baldwin had admitted: "I put Jenna down. I covered Jenna with earth, leaves and stones - big ones."

On the video, the jury saw the young girl's 15 to 18 inch-deep grave become a pool of clay-coloured water and mud.

They watched as two forensic officers worked in tandem and uncovered what, initially, appeared to be two large rocks.

What looked like rocks were actually the dead girl's bent knees. Mr Aubrey told the court: "What can be seen in the centre of the picture is a depiction of Jenna's knees and her legs."

He added moments later to Judge John Griffith Williams, QC, "My Lord, the film goes on to reveal the recovery of Jenna's body.

"I do not think it is necessary that the jury be concerned with that." Mr Aubrey said the jury would later hear evidence from scenes of crime officers. Proceeding.