FIGHT FOR LIFE.
i'RIAL UF HUBINSON
LONDON MURDER
(Received 13, 11.15 a.m.) London, July 12. Robinson's tight lor lile in the witness box to-day was the sensation oi the trunk murder case. Experts, including Sil Bernard Spilsbury, gave evidence that death was due to suffocation following violence. There was no evidence ol gas poisoning. Robinson, in evidence, said he met the woman for the first time when she was brought to his office in a taxi-cab. He was sitting in a small chair writing letters when Mrs Bonati demanded money. When this was refused, she got angry and abusive- He thought she picked something up from the fireplace and that she was going to attack him so he hit her and she staggered and fell. Robinson then left the office. When fee returned next morning she was still lying on the floor so he decided to cut up the body. Robinson did not falter during his narrative, but said that his nerve failed him. He hastily put the limbs in paper but did not complete dissection and did not report to the police, because he was afraid he would incriminate himself.—(A. and N.Z.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 178, 13 July 1927, Page 5
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