BRIGHTON TRUNK MYSTERY

Evening Star, Issue 21905, 17 December 1934, Page 11

BRIGHTON TRUNK MYSTERY

THE CASE A6AIHST HOTYRE . AMUITTAL OF THE ACCUSED Press Association—Bv Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, December 15. Jack If dtyre' was acquitted on, the charge of murder preferred,against him in connection with the death of Yiolette Kaye. Notyre’s.immediate discharge ended a squalid''drama-of the underworld. Mr, Norman Birkett, , the defending counsel, contended that the absence of any suggestion of motive was a vital omission, destroying the Crown’s case. Notyre, when the foreman of the jury spoke the ,words implying his freedom, seemed dazed and overcome, and placed his hand to his head. “ You are discharged,’’ said Mr Justice Branson. Only then did Notyre. seem to_ realise the Situation, and he lifted his head and gave a slight bow as he left the dock. ■ . . The judge, in summing up, had ordered acquittal if the jury were not satisfied that the blow, on the head caused death. His Lordship emphas- * ised the absence of blood-stained clothes ihdentifiable as worn by Notyre when Miss Kaye died. He added that the jury must be satisfied that Notyre’s hand struck the fatal .blow. But was it the action of an innocent man. to nail up ‘.in ’ a ' cupboard the corpse of the r woman he loved, though she was not yet cold,' instead of summoning a doctor to try to resuscitate her ? A huge crowd strove to get a glimpse ‘of'Notyre as he drove off two minutes after the delivery of the verdict amid the customary fanfare of trumpets.