Murder victim ‘not driven by greed’
Christopher Newman, aged 62, repeatedly knifed Georgina Eager, aged 28, in her Dublin bedroom, took €1,200 from her account, then fled to London, it is said.
She was about to leave “possessive” Newman when he attacked her in the flat next door to his clinic in St Peter’s Road, Walkinstown, leaving the murder weapon in her neck.
Indian-born Newman, also known as Saph Dean, denies murder, but admits the killing on the basis he acted in self defence.
Ms Eager was working at Newman’s homeopathic clinic in the summer of 2002, when they starting having a relationship.
He rented her a flat and changed his will to leave her all his assets.
But when the relationship turned sour and she threatened to leave him, he murdered her, Inner London Crown Court has heard.
Giving evidence, Niall O’Kelly, Ms Eager’s boyfriend immediately prior to her relationship with Newman, described her as trusting and only able to see the good in people.
The 10-month relationship between Ms Eager and Mr O’Kelly ended shortly after she began working at the clinic.
The couple went on a break to Paris in September 2002, but split up within a fortnight of their return, jurors heard.
Mr O’Kelly said during the holiday, Ms Eager received an angry call from Newman which left her in tears. Ms Eager told Mr O’Kelly the professor had offered to give her the business.
Mr O’Kelly said: “It seemed very odd that someone in their right mind would do such a thing.”
He told jurors he thought their relationship was “unhealthy”. But he did not want to put her off the job as healing work and helping others was her vocation.
“I didn’t express any concern that I thought they might be having a relationship. But I did say I was concerned about her working environment.”
Miss Eager is believed to have died between 8.30pm on May 21, 2003, and 10.30am the following morning.
