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Wife-killer loses his conviction appeal

3:42pm Thursday 24th May 2012

A SHOPKEEPER who bludgeoned his postmistress wife to death has lost his appeal against the conviction.

Postmistress murder husband to appeal

11:30am Saturday 12th November 2011

A SHOPKEEPER serving a life sentence for bludgeoning his wife to death is appealing against his conviction.

Post Office murder: Garbutt guilty and jailed for life

2:30pm Tuesday 19th April 2011

A SHOPKEEPER has been jailed for life, with a minimum of 20 years, after being found guilty of bludgeoning his wife to death as she slept.

• Police: Killer was "calculating and deceptive"
• “Loss is unbearable”, says victim’s mum

Post Office murder: “Loss is unbearable”, says victim’s mum

3:02pm Tuesday 19th April 2011

THE mother of murder victim Diana Garbutt says her cherished memories of her daughter will never fade as killer Robin Garbutt is found guilty of her death.

Post Office murder: Killer was "calculating and deceptive" say police

3:27pm Tuesday 19th April 2011

MURDERER Robin Garbutt was "calculating and deceptive" as he lied about killing his wife and invented a story about an armed robbery, police have said.

Melsonby murder trial: jury considers verdict

11:17am Tuesday 19th April 2011

THE jury in the trial of a North Yorkshire shopkeeper accused of murdering his wife will return today for a third day of deliberations.

Jury out in Melsonby murder trial

10:13am Friday 15th April 2011

THE jury in the trial of sub-postmaster Robin Garbutt has been told to consider whether he killed his wife and then hid the murder weapon in the “dead of night”.

Melsonby murder trial: Wife said husband was a ‘top guy’

10:07am Wednesday 13th April 2011

A SHOPKEEPER accused of bludgeoning his wife to death was the only man she had ever trusted, his mother told a court.

Melsonby murder trial: ‘I would never hurt my Di’

10:13am Friday 8th April 2011

A SHOPKEEPER who denies murdering his postmistress wife claimed in court he would “never hurt her”.

Melsonby murder trial: victim’s secret life is revealed

11:00am Saturday 2nd April 2011

A MURDERED postmistress was unhappy about her sex life with her husband and had been “intimate” with another man in York, a court has heard.

Melsonby murder trial: Shopkeeper sobbed without tears

9:36am Friday 25th March 2011

A VILLAGE shopkeeper accused of bludgeoning his wife to death shed no tears when he told police about her death, a court heard.

Friend tells of murder accused’s ‘loving marriage’

10:19am Thursday 24th March 2011

A shopkeeper accused of murdering his postmistress wife appeared to have a loving and affectionate marriage, a fellow villager told a court.

Neighbour tells court of horrific scene in victim’s bedroom

9:50am Wednesday 23rd March 2011

Updated: A POSTMASTER accused of bludgeoning his wife to death wept in court as a neighbour described the scene in the couple’s bedroom after being called to help.

Postmaster killed ‘unfaithful’ wife with metal bar, jury told

10:10am Tuesday 22nd March 2011

A village shopkeeper bludgeoned his unfaithful wife to death then pretended their post office had been robbed, a jury heard.

Final journey of Melsonby murder victim Diana Garbutt

10:31am Saturday 8th May 2010

HUNDREDS of people gathered to pay their last respects to a North Yorkshire postmistress who was the victim of a brutal murder.

• Mother of murder victim Diana Garbutt dreading funeral
• Villagers say prayers for murder victim Diana Garbutt
• Murder victim's mother speaks of her devastation
• Eggborough residents speak of shock at death of Diana Garbutt
• Robin Garbutt charged with the murder of his wife, Diana Garbutt

Robin Garbutt remanded to prison charged with murdering his wife Diana

12:22pm Saturday 17th April 2010

THE husband of a North Yorkshire postmistress has appeared in court charged with her murder.

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Robin Garbutt charged with the murder of his wife, Diana Garbutt

4:40pm Friday 16th April 2010

The husband of murdered postmistress Diana Garbutt has been charged with her murder.

Husband of murdered North Yorkshire postmistress Diana Garbutt speaks of his ordeal

4:23pm Thursday 1st April 2010

Robin Garbutt, the husband of murdered North Yorkshire postmistress Diana Garbutt has spoken publicly of his loss for the first time since he found her body above the post office where they lived and worked together. She grew up in the Selby area.

Drivers quizzed in Melsonby murder hunt

8:42am Wednesday 31st March 2010

POLICE hunting the killer of postmistress Diana Garbutt carried out stop checks of vehicles exactly a week after the murder.

‘Shocking crime’ at Melsonby village store

9:20am Thursday 25th March 2010

A DISTRAUGHT former York man has told police how a masked man brandishing a gun told him: “We’ve got your wife.”

Murder inquiry launched after North Yorks shopkeeper death

10:00am Wednesday 24th March 2010

POLICE have launched a murder hunt after a North Yorkshire woman was found dead in a village post office.