Lagoon Park murder accused Terranz (Monster) Smith told police "you will never be able to solve" the crime, a detective told a Supreme Court jury on Friday.

And Insp. Beverley Pitt gave a graphic description of how she first saw the body of American Stanley Lee (pictured) after she was taken to the scene on the morning of August 9, 2001. Insp. Pitt was adamant that she did not make a deal with Smith not to prosecute him for the murder.

And it was revealed to the court that lawyer Larry Scott advised Smith before it was agreed that Smith would show Police the body. Mr. Scott now serves as lawyer for Smith's co-defendant Blair Tucker.

Smith, Tucker and James Alan (Spooks) Dill deny killing the mysterious Mr. Lee on July 28, 2001 after what prosecutors believe was a drug deal gone bad.

They claim relations between Mr. Lee and Tucker turned violent when it was discovered that a shipment of drugs for which the American acted as facilitator was found to be of low quality.

Mr. Lee demanded the remaining cocaine and the profits of the sale of some of the drug to return it to the US.

Police were shown the burly ex-con lying face up, deep in the forest in the isolated park 13 days after he was allegedly killed.

The court has already heard that Mr. Lee had at least three aliases, and had served US Federal prison time under that name as well as Eddie Montalvo and flew into Bermuda as Sean Russells. A New York State birth certificate for Edward Stanley Lee was found at the scene.

Insp. Pitt told the ten woman, two man jury she was summoned to a Police interview room by Sgt. James Hoyte at 2.15 p.m. on August 8, where Smith was being questioned for a housebreaking incident the day before.

Under questioning by Crown counsel Juan Wolffe, Insp. Pitt said that once she was inside the interview room, Sgt. Hoyte told Smith to repeat what he had just told him and Smith said: "I could lead you to a dead body."

When she asked if police would be able to get a conviction in court, she said Smith replied "you'll never be able to solve it".

Insp. Pitt said Smith was "reluctant" to give more information and asked for immunity and written guarantees, but she said she told him she did not have the authority.

"But he was still reluctant to give any information so I quickly and abruptly changed the conversation and we dealt with the housebreaking charge until about 4.30 p.m. when the defendant decided he would show us the body with certain arrangements," she said.

Those "arrangements" she explained, was that Smith be driven from Somerset Police Station to near his home at 148 Main Road, Somerset in an unmarked Police car via back roads of East Shore and Sound View Roads.

Once at his home, Smith would drive his own car to the scene, she said, with the two officers following in unmarked cars.

Insp. Pitt explained that Smith did not want to be seen in a police car near the Royal Naval Field in Somerset ? a known drug area and hangout for area youths.

She said she separated from the convoy of Smith's and Sgt. Hoyte's cars and a short time later she met them again near Watford Bridge.

"The defendant Terranz Smith said to me that he had changed his mind or words to that effect about showing us the dead body," Insp. Pitt said. "After that I stopped conversation with him and proceeded to tell him that we would be going back to Somerset Police Station."

The next morning she went into an interview room where Smith had been meeting with Mr. Scott.

"Mr. Scott advised Sgt. Hoyte and myself to join him in an interview room, where the defendant Terranz Smith was at the time," Insp. Pitt said. "We were told ? by Mr. Scott ? that Terranz Smith wished to take us to the location of the dead body."

New "arrangements" were made for the convoy with Mr. Scott driving Smith and Sgt. Hoyte and Insp. Pitt following, along Mangrove Bay Road, onto Boaz Island and then to Ireland Island South.

When prosecutor Mr. Wolfe asked "did you know were you were going?" Insp. Pitt replied: "Only that we were travelling toward the Dockyard (Ireland Island North and South) area."

Describing Lagoon Park as "very isolated area with bushes overgrowing", Insp. Pitt said Smith led the way deep into the park when "Terranz Smith pointed to a decomposing body. What I saw is the structure or a skeleton of a decomposing human being.

"What I saw is what looked like maggots on the legs of the decomposing skeleton. All skin had been removed from the body, the face was just a skeleton and what stayed in my mind was the expression on the face with the mouth wide open."

After Mr. Wolffe showed a photo of Mr. Lee sprawled in the trees, Insp. Pitt said: "That's a true image of what I saw. One sneaker and one sock on and what appeared to be dried blood."

Smith's current lawyer, Ed Bailey objected to Puisne Justice Norma Wade-Miller when Insp. Pitt said: "You could see partly where his mouth was open and his teeth exposed in an expression like pain?"

"I have to rise, my Lady," Mr. Bailey said, while dropping a sheaf of papers to his desk saying "this isn't an expert witness! She can't attest" to what the expression meant.

Mrs. Justice Wade-Miller quickly allowed the objection, and Insp. Pitt continued, saying: "The surrounding area was more open than what we had just walked through.

"Part of his face was covered by a branch. Immediately there was a strong smell. A foul odour, like a dead animal. It was very shocking to see."

Insp. Pitt told the court she saw a pair of Nike sneakers like the one still on the dead body and a T-shirt in a nearby bush as well as a blue bandana in a separate spot.

Smith, she said, also told Mr. Scott and the two police officers that a red rental cycle had been in the clearing the last time he saw the body. The cycle was later discovered in another part of the park. The quartet returned to Somerset Police Station where Insp. Pitt raised the alarm and spoke directly to Sgt. Jerry Laws, a member of the Serious Crimes Unit.

She testified that she returned to Lagoon Park again that morning with other senior officers including Sgt. Laws only to leave "what was now considered a crime scene" and returned less than an hour later with larger numbers of officers and Government pathologist John Obafunwa.

The trial continues today.