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Murder of wealthy Gold Coast inventor in 1992 was ‘inside job’, court told Philip Michael Stearman allegedly confessed to the killing of Hugo Benscher in his Paradise Point home, but lawyers say only a bedroom where Benscher hid cash was disturbed Hugo Benscher, a wealthy inventor, was 89 when he was found murdered at his Gold Coast home in 1992. Hugo Benscher, a wealthy inventor, was 89 when he was found murdered at his Gold Coast home in 1992. AustralianAssociatedPress Thu 8 Apr 2021 03.23 EDT Last modified on Thu 8 Apr 2021 03.24 EDT A man accused of murdering a Gold Coast inve...

Premium Content Subscriber only A surprising theory that the alleged killing of a wealthy Gold Coast investor more than 29 years ago may have been an "inside job" has been aired in a Queensland court. Hamburg-born inventor Hugo Benscher, 89, was found dead in 1992 but police only charged Philip Michael Stearman with his murder after a breakthrough in the cold case last year. Mr Stearman, 62, is due to face a committal hearing but claims of Mr Benscher's death being an "inside job" and his troubled relationships with housekeepers were aired at the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday. Ph...

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 c...