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Girls 'Had Wild
Infatuation
For Each Other'
Australian Associated ?rcst-Rcutor
WELLINGTON, Auaust 26.
Dr. Francis Oswald Bennett told
the Supreme Court this afternoon
that two teenage girls on trial for the
murder of the. mnrh«r a# aim a#
them had a wild infatuation for each
other. '??' .- ?.??'? -..''.',? ? ? ? : ?
The, accused are
Pauline Yvonne Parker,
Ui. and Juliet, Marion
Hulme, 15. - . -
The dead woman was
Honora Mary . Parker,
known as Mrs. Rieper and
the mother fcf Pauline.
Her body was found on
the path of a Christchurch
suburban park on June' 22
with multiple injuries to the
head.
No Regrets
Dr. Bennett sajd Juliet
told him after Pauline's
mother had been slain that
she had no regrets whatso
ever.
He quoted her as say
ing: 'Of course I did not
want my family to get in
volved in this, but we
have been terribly happy,
since it happened, so it
has all been a blessing in
disguise.'
Jiiiet later told him that
the best people were those
who fought all obstacles in
the pursuit of happiness—
even a' murder if necessary.
Dr. Bennett said diary
references to the girls'
calculation of what, prosti
tutes could earn indicated
the moral irresponsibility of
the paranoic, 'and . the
murder was the final proof
of the diagnosis.'
Juliet told him a woman
at the tea kiosk hi the
park had , given them
towels to wipe the blood off
themselves- after the death
of Pauline's mother.
Both Laughed
When the. .woman left
them alone for a minute
they put down their towels
and: laughed. ???'?' ?' ; ' }-. ??:
Dr. Bennett said the day
before the murder Pauline
was helping her mother
with the housework when
the telephone rang and she
broke off her work to dis
cuss the .'moider plans'
with Juliet.
He added: 'There was
the happy, harmony, of
mother and daughter on
Monday and the slaugh
ter on Tuesday.,
'To us, sane I hope, it
was a murder that was
bestial, treacherous and
filthy. -?'.;?? '
'It is outside all the
kindly: limits of sanity; it
isa thousand miles away
from sanity.'
'Not Criminals'
Cross-examined by the
Crown Prosecutor (Mr.
Alan W. Brown), Dr. Ben
nett said the girls knew
that what they did was
wrong in the community's
eyes,A,buti he doubted if
that entered their con
siderations at all.
Mr. Brown— But is not
that the outlook of all
criminals? — Yes, but. these
happen not to be criminals.
Asked if he thought the
homosexual relationship
between the two girls was a
physical one. Dr. Bennett
replied: 'I think not. I
questioned, them very care
fully on this. They denied
it in a way which leads me
to believe they were -telling
the truth.' / . ,
No Evidence
- Dr. Bennett, said there
?was no : evidence i that
Pauline was sexually, ex
cited during her visits to a
boy named Nicholas.
He said he had asked
Pauline if she got any ikick
out of her visits to Nicho
las. ??'??-'?
, She grimaced and re
plied: 'No. he was just a
trophy.1? :
Dr. Bennett said that
at . one stage the girls
wrote out the Ten Com
mandments and set out
to; see how many they,
could break.
They claimed Pauline
had broken 10 and Juliet
only nine. :
Both Poranoics
'In my opinion they are
both folie a deux homosex
ual paranoics of the elated
type.' said Dr. Bennett.
'They are definitely
certifiable. They knew
they, were killing a
woman, who she was and
they knew the nature of
their act
'They did not think-thelr
act was wrong. They knew
it was against the. laws of.
the country.,. They had. a
loyalty to their delusions.'
Mr. Brown— Didn't the
girl Parker have sexual re
lationships with a number
of boys;*,
Dr. Bennett— Not over a
long period;
Planned Crime
Mr. Brown asked Dr. R.
W. Medlicott, a psychiatrist:
'You said earner that they
were both insane and read
ily certifiable.'
Dr. Medlicott— They are
both insane and certifiable.
Are you at all discon
certed to know that three
competent psychiatrists do
not consider them certifi
able at all?— It does not dis
turb me.
These girls planned the
crime?— Yes.
You have seen many cases
of insanity?— I have.
Have you ever seen or
read- of two Insane people
combining to commit a
crime— I don't see why It
could not happen. I think
1 have read about It
The hearing was ad
journed until tomorrow.
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