The tattoos on accused killer Shaylin Sutherland-Kayseas's wrists tell a story sometimes at odds with statements she offered police after her arrest.

On the inside of the 20-year-old's right wrist: "All I do is sin. I stoped (sic) asking for forgiveness."

On the top of her left wrist is a "$" sign with the letter "T" superimposed, along with the script "Death Before Dishonor."

​Sutherland-Kayseas is on trial at Court of Queen's Bench in Saskatoon, charged with first-degree murder in the Oct. 14, 2016 death of 26-year-old Dylan Phillips.

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Caption: Right wrist. (Saskatoon Police)

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Police arrested Sutherland-Kayseas and, six months after Phillips's death, did a recorded, four-hour interview with her. Sgt. Corey Lenius spoke with her in the "Hard Room A" at the police station.

The interview was played in court Thursday.

​Lenius begins by coaxing out personal details — about Sutherland-Kayseas leaving Saskatoon at a young age and living with her mother and other family at a variety of Ontario cities — and about her father's death by alcoholism, her dislike of school, and love of reading.

He quizzes her about whom she respects most ("Nobody") and whom she respects least, ("Nobody"). Noting her "sin" tattoo on her right wrist, he asks how she would describe herself.

"Bubbly, with a big heart," she said.

Then, he asks her outright, "Did you shoot Dylan Phillips?"

"I don't know who he is," she replies.

And then, "Are you a member of the Terror Squad?"

"No," she answers.

"But you have "TS" tattooed on your wrist."

"Those are a friend's initials," she replies, laughing.

Forensic pathologist Shaun Ladham testified Thursday morning. He concluded that Dylan Phillips died of a single gunshot wound to his chest.

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Caption: The sawed-off rifle police say was used to kill Dylan Phillips. (Saskatoon Police)

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The .22-calibre bullet broke two ribs before before piercing his heart and left lung. Blood flooded into his chest cavity and he died on the kitchen floor of his parent's house while paramedics did CPR.

The toxicology results showed that Phillips had methamphetamine, THC and ethanol in his system when he died. Ladham said the ethanol levels were minimal, but he said Phillips could be described as being under the influence of meth and marijuana when he died.

Defence lawyer Jean-Pierre Seguin asked Ladham to characterize the effects the drugs could have had on Phillips.

Ladham said that it would depend on his tolerance and other factors but that, ultimately, anything he offered would be speculation because "I see people when they're dead."

The trial continues all week.