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Have I Befriended a Murderer?

Edward Abel Smith recounts corresponding with and visiting Robin Garbutt at Wealstun Prison, where Garbutt is serving a life sentence for murdering his wife Diana at their North Yorkshire post office in 2010. Garbutt's supporters maintain his innocence, and Smith describes reviewing case documents while weighing how the convicted man presented himself.


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