S6 Ep32: All Shop, And No Sex - Part 2

We began a two part tale last time here on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, which looked at an armed robbery in a small post office in a rural North Yorkshire village. The second such robbery in almost a year, in what could have been a carbon copy of the first.

Except this one ended in the brutal murder of the postmistress, Diana Garbutt.

Or did it?

The tale is courtesy of Jess Carter, host of the Outlines Podcast, and takes us back to 2011, for this part covering the trial of the person police arrested some three weeks after the robbery, a person they firmly suspected of not quite giving a truthful account of that day.

Her husband, Robin Garbutt.

The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, that some listeners may find disturbing, and or upsetting, so discretion is advised whilst listening.

Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Playlist Tracks

• The Twang - Either Way
• 22-20's - Devil In Me

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References:
The Outlines Podcast

• Robin Garbutt 999 Call (Youtube)
• Robin Garbutt Police Interview (Youtube)
• Robin Garbutt Official
• https://www.thejusticegap.com/robin-garbutt-man-given-life-sentence-for-murdering-his-wife-challenges-conviction-for-a-third-time-2/
• Husband guilty of Melsonby postmistress murder - BBC News
• Murder of Melsonby postmistress Diana Garbutt - BBC News
• Postmistress murderer Robin Garbutt loses appeal - BBC News
• Postmaster Robin Garbutt blamed robbers for the murder of wife Diana | Daily Mail Online
• Robin Garbutt: Shopkeeper accused of murdering wife told detectives she wanted more sex - Mirror Online
• Robin Garbutt 'had loving relationship' with wife Diana who he's accused of killing | Daily Mail Online
• Melsonby postmistress murder: 999 call read to jury - BBC News
• Husband called 999 to 'report' post office murder - BBC News
• Neighbour of murder accused tried to help dying wife - BBC News
• Post office murder accused knew of 'intimate encounter' - BBC News
• Robin Garbutt sobs "I want her back" in Post Office killing trial - Mirror Online
• Guilty verdict in post office murder tears village apart | UK | News | Express.co.uk
• Deep-in-debt Post Office husband murdered cheating wife, court hears | Yorkshire Post
• Man accused of killing postmistress wife says he would never hurt her | Crime | The Guardian
• Post Office Murder: Man 'Never Hurt' Wife | UK News | Sky News
• Killer destroyed our lives too, says Melsonby post office victim Diana Garbutt's mother | The Independent | The Independent
• Plea for public help to find murderer of postmistress Diana Garbutt | Talking Retail
• The Truthseeker Project - Robin Garbutt - YouTube
• Bail - Crown & Magistrates Courts (thelawpages.com)
• Postmistress Diana Garbutt's secret life is revealed | York Press
• Postmistress 'killed by her husband' confessed to intimate encounter with man on settee | Daily Mail Online
• Murdered Melsonby post office owner's husband 'confronted by armed robber' | The Independent | The Independent
• Post Office murder victim's husband was threatened - video Dailymotion
• Husband due in court over postmistress murder - Bing video
• Village post office owner 'murdered' - Bing video
• Villagers kept faith in killer who invented robber with a gun | Yorkshire Post
• Murdered shopkeeper had ‘head injury’, say police | Talking Retail
• Postmistress 'admitted intimacy' | UK | News | Express.co.uk
• Robin Arbutt denies murdering his postmistress wife | Daily Mail Online
• Postmaster ‘beat cheating wife to death’, court told | The Times
• Wayback Machine – Forensic Files Now

Neil Wilby Articles

• ‘A comedy of errors’ – Neil Wilby
• ‘Don’t do anything stupid. We’ve got your wife’ – Neil Wilby
• ‘That particularly dubious constabulary merits careful investigation’ – Neil Wilby
• ‘A regrettable lack of professionalism’ – Neil Wilby
• Fourth time lucky? – Neil Wilby

999: Killer On The Line - Series 1 Episode 7: Garbutt (airdate May 30, 2016)

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Remembering Diana.