Wednesday, May 07, 2008

[Aussie] Man accused of murdering lawyer [using ammunition allegedly bought in Cambodia]

May 7, 2008
AAP

A man accused of murdering his lawyer after the pair fell out over a divorce settlement sought bullets from overseas before the Melbourne shooting, a court has heard.

Lawyer David Robinson, 56, was shot dead outside his Fairfield office on the evening of July 10, 2006, after arriving there to help his son print a school assignment.

John Thomas Glascott, 44, from the Melbourne suburb of Kealba, is on trial in the Supreme Court after pleading not guilty to his murder.

Prosecutor Geoffrey Horgan SC said Glascott was becoming increasingly bitter about a matrimonial dispute and access to his daughter before the shooting.

Mr Horgan said Glascott had twice travelled to Cambodia to seek a particular type of ammunition before the killing.

The trial before Justice Philip Cummins continues.

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