00:46 EDT, 8 April 2021
A man accused of murdering the Gold Coast inventor allegedly confessed to the killing, but lawyers claim it must have been an inside job , a court was told.
Philip Michael Stearman, 63, is charged with murdering Hugo Benscher, 89, found bound and gagged in his canal-front home on June 21, 1992.
The wealthy widower s body was found on the kitchen floor of his plush Paradise Point home, tied and gagged with evidence of head injuries.
A grey-haired and bearded Stearman waved to the court by videolink in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday as his lawyers applied to cross-examine key prosecution witnesses.
Defence barrister Timothy Ryan said there were a number of strands that must be explored.
Man accused of inventor s Gold Coast murder in 1992 granted leave to re-examine witness evidence
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Shock claim about murder of inventor
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