You are out to punish me, 'wife killer' Rob Packham tells judge

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Rob Packham allegedly killed his wife, Gill, put her body in the boot of her car and set it alight at the Diep River railway station in February last year.

Rob Packham seen with his daughter Nicola during a previous appearance before the Cape Town High Court.Rob Packham, the Cape Town businessman charged with his wife's murder, has accused the high court of being driven by a desire to punish him in cancelling his bail.

This was after Baartman found that the Constantia resident and former manager of a beverage company had breached his bail conditions twice last year by contacting a former mistress - who is a witness in the murder case.According to the prosecution, Packham breached his stringent bail conditions by sending SMSes to a mutual friend of his and his former mistress.

The woman also received e-mails from a person purporting to be Richard J Hopkins who urged her to mend relations with Packham after he was charged with murder and also detailed the intimate specifics of their extramarital affair. The woman complained to the police that he was harassing her.

 

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When the same judge is done with Rob Packham should he found guilty, his shower time is not going to be the same again. He will go to his new home like Oscar 'The Robot'

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