The fatal crash happened on an Aberdeenshire road in 1994 The jury in the case of a man accused of murdering his wife to get insurance money is set to visit the scene of the Aberdeenshire crash in which she died.Malcolm Webster, of Guildford, Surrey, denies murdering first wife Claire Morris by drugging her, crashing their car and setting it on fire in 1994.
He also denies attempting to murder his second wife in New Zealand in 1999.
The judge, jury, accused and legal teams have travelled from the High Court in Glasgow for Tuesday's visit.
It will include a replica vehicle being viewed at the scene of the crash - a section of the Auchenhuive to Tarves road at Kingoodie.
The 51-year-old is alleged to have carried out both offences to gain hundreds of thousands of pounds of insurance money.
Mr Webster stands accused of fraudulently obtaining more than £200,000 after cashing in insurance policies following the death of his first wife Ms Morris, who was from Oldmeldrum.
Malcolm Webster is charged with murdering his wife Claire Morris He is further charged with deliberately crashing his car in Auckland in February 1999 in a bid to kill his second wife, Felicity Drumm, who was a passenger.
It is also alleged he intended to bigamously marry Simone Banarjee, from Oban, Argyll, to gain access to her estate.
It is claimed he told her he was terminally ill with leukaemia when he was actually in good health.
The trial, before Lord Bannatyne, began on 1 February.
It is expected to last several more weeks.
A.nemdil & Press Agencies
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