Personal essay asks if friend is a murderer
The gist
Author Edward Abel Smith spent five years investigating the Diana Garbutt murder case and found her husband guilty.
The essay asks whether a convicted killer can still be called a friend.
How it unfolded
- Mar 23, 2010Robin Garbutt called emergency services saying their post office had been robbed at gunpoint, and that after the perpetrators left he ran upstairs to find Diana dead.
- 2021Edward Abel Smith, researching a possible sequel to his Ian Fleming biography at the National Archives in West London, found recent criminal case files including the Diana Garbutt case.
- date unknownRobin Garbutt was found guilty of murder by a majority verdict, with ten of the 12 jurors agreeing, and is serving a life sentence at Wealstun Prison.