Saturday, October 02, 2004
Unbelievable
The last time My Right was speechless, he said nothing. He said nothing again this morning when he read that the murderer (not technically correct I know, but when a man beats a man to death with his bare hands, it kinda fits...) of David McNee has tried to 'out' another four high profile Auckland men that paid him for sex.
The man who killed interior designer David McNee claims he will expose four other "high-profile" men who paid him for sex.So here is a guy admitting that he had played 'pitcher' and 'catcher' in the past - but he still paniced and beat an old man to death when he got a little busy handed contrary to their "arrangement".
Phillip Layton Edwards is serving a nine-year sentence for the manslaughter of Mr McNee last year.
Since he was moved from Mt Eden prison to Auckland Prison at Paremoremo last week, Edwards, 24, has tried to send letters to four Auckland men asking for money.
He allegedly told the men he would tell the media that they paid him for sex.
If true, that could raise further questions about the so-called "homosexual panic" defence that some commentators allege saved Edwards from a murder conviction.
Edwards' lawyer Roy Wade argued at the trial that Edwards was guilty of manslaughter because he never intended to kill Mr McNee.
The defence said Edwards was paid to perform a sex act upon himself and that he was provoked when Mr McNee violated their "no touching" agreement.
This one shits me to tears. If at any stage of the trial he said it was 'panic' that caused him to commit the act of violence - hull him back up on a perjury charge as well as the murder charge he was always guilty of.
