Andrew Innes, who is accused of killing Bennylyn Burke, 25, and her two-year-old daughter, Jellica before burying them under his kitchen floor reportedly told police: 'It's gonna take you some time. They are about three or four foot down', a court heard
A murder suspect who is accused of burying a woman and her two-year-old daughter under his kitchen floor reportedly told police:"It's gonna take you some time. They are about three or four foot down."Andrew Innes, 52, denies murdering Bennylyn Burke, 25, and her daughter Jellica and has instead lodged a special defence of diminished responsibility.
Sergeant Symon then claimed that Innes added:"It's gonna take you some time. They are about three or four foot down."While there he reportedly admitted that Ms Burke, from Bristol, had travelled north of the border so they could spend the weekend together but then he found out that she was talking to"50 other men".Innes allegedly said:"There was a fight and she came at me. I fought back and now she's dead. There was no premeditation.
It was accepted that Innes stabbed Ms Burke on the body with a knife as well as repeatedly striking her on the head with a hammer and the handle of the blade.
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