Former Corrections officer David Benbow, 54, denies murdering Christchurch builder Michael McGrath who disappeared on May 22, 2017. Benbow’s defence team has warned the jury at the High Court in Christchurch of “investigative bias” and “tunnel vision” from police early in its investigations. Today, the court has heard from McGrath’s mother Adrienne McGrath who recounted a loyal, reliable private son who would “anything for anybody”. She told how McGrath and Benbow had been friends and they would occasionally come to her Halswell home. David Charles Benbow denies murdering Michael McGrath and is standing trial at the High Court in Christchurch.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 16, 2023 20:39 UTC