Therapist who killed lover ‘overreacted to any threat’

A HOMOEOPATHIC doctor who killed his young lover used force “totally out of proportion” to any threat he faced from the woman, a court heard yesterday.

Fri, 02 Sep, 2005 - 01:00

Christopher Newman, 62, repeatedly knifed Georgina Eager in her Dublin bedroom and left a blade embedded in her neck.

She was about to dump ‘possessive’ Newman when he stabbed her in the flat in Walkinstown, Inner London Crown Court has heard.

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Courts Crime Place: Dublin Place: Walkinstown Place: Inner London Person: Christopher Newman Person: Georgina Eager Person: Newman Person: Eager Person: Michael Birnbaum Person: QC Organisation: Crown Court

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