BONATI MURDER CASE

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 2 June 1927, Page 9

BONATI MURDER CASE

LATE EDITION

ROBINSbN ON TRIAL.

AN ALLEGED STATEMENT.

DISPOSAL OF THE. BODY

BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received 12.10 pan. to-day. RONDOS, June. 1. There were remarkabi scenes at Westminister Court when ltobinson, who was charged with the murder of Mrs. Bonati, appeared. Women and girls fought for admittance. At the outset the defending counsel, Mr. Vine, objected to the admission of an alleged confession. He declared that something improper, amounting to inducements had happened in the course of tlie half-hour Robinson was in the sitting-room in Scotland Yard with Sergeant Clarke. The prosecuting counsel offered to call Clarke,, whereupon Mr. Mine lengthily questioned the latter nnent the conversation in the waiting room. .Sergeant Clarke denied saying to Robinson: “You are in a serious position, but I do not believe you did it. 1 do . not think you would do such a thing. Yota have seen Sir Bernard Spiilsburg’s theory; you ought to tell us all about it. 1 will be your pal if you justify yourself and can tell that the woman died from heart failure.'’ ' Mr. Vine declared that Robinson would 1 say on oath that this eonversation occurred. The magistrate ruled the admissability of the statement. This showed that he met the woman in the street. She suggested that she should accompany himi and they went to his office, where she said she was hard up and asked for a pound. Robinson refused, became abusive, lost his temper and struck her on the face. She fell, striking her head. He left her lying. He went home, returning the following day and was. surprised that .sihe was stiff lying there. Not knowing what to do, 3ie decided to cut the body up. He bought paper and string and a chef’s knife; he finished as quickly as possible, wrapped it up and left the office. He had a drink, met his wife and went home. Next day he was faced the difficulty of disposing of the body. He went to Rrixton, boiight a. trunk, and packed in the remains. Then he went to a hotel, met a friend and asked him to help him downstairs with it. He took a taxi, to Charing Cross station and deposited it. If he had not done so it would have been a lifetime nuisance to him. A typist formerly in Robinson’s employ gave evidence that a dusteir wrapped round the remains was one used by her in Robinson’.? office.