Undercover Cop Testifies in Murder Trial

0:00It's April 14th. Welcome in. This is Calgary News Today, where local news meets AI. I'm Corey with the story. Dean Penny faces first-degree murder charges in the 2016 disappearance of his wife, Jennifer Hillier Penny. He pleaded not guilty, and his trial is underway in Corner Brook Supreme Court, set to last through April. On Tuesday, an undercover RCMP officer, known to Penny as his buddy Vic, took the stand to testify against him. This officer posed as a friend, starting back on September 13th, 2019, when he approached Penny at a fish plant in St. Anthony. What followed was a four-year undercover op, where Vic pulled Penny into a fake crime syndicate, handing him made-up jobs to build trust in fish for, a confession. In court, Penny kept his head down, barely glancing up as Vic identified him from behind a curtain shielding the gallery. Their so-called bond involved hours of casual drives and chats, mixed with phony schemes that tested Penny's reactions.

1:00Vic described recruiting Penny for gigs like, career rings stolen police computers, and scouting a fuel heist near the U.S. border in Alberta. The goal was simple. Get Penny talking about his wife's vanishing act from eight years prior. As more details emerge in this intricate sting, the jury weighs whether Penny played a role, keeping the case gripping through the month's end.