CD3 - 30 [The murder trial]
PRESENTER: …has promised more money for schools in the coming year… And I hear that the Miller murder trial has just ended. Here's our reporter, Alexander Harris.
ALEXANDER: Well, a few minutes ago 47-year-old flower-shop owner, Alice White, was found guilty of the murder of Yately businessman, Jack Miller. During the trial we heard how she broke into the home of Mr. Miller’s business partner, Barry Clark. She stole his gun and went to the Yately Garden Centre, where Mr. Miller was working late. She shot him once in the heart, killing him instantly, and then left a single red rose on his body. Then she returned to Mr. Clark's house and put the gun back.
PRESENTER: So how did the police catch her?
ALEXANDER: They found a button near Mr. Miller’s body. When a photo of the button appeared in the evening paper, a local woman, Mary Barnes, immediately called the police. She said she was talking to Mrs. White the morning after the murder and noticed that a button was missing from her coat. The police visited Mrs. White’s home and found the coat, with the button still missing.
PRESENTER: And why did she murder Mr. Miller?
ALEXANDER: Well, during the trial we heard that Mrs.White's flower shop was losing business to the new Garden Centre. She thought that if she killed Mr. Miller and his business partner was arrested, the Garden Centre would have to close.
PRESENTER: That was Alexander Harris at the Miller murder trial. And now sport. Wolverhampton Wanderers have beaten Chelsea 5-1 in…