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Aug 17, 2015 · Simon O'Connor as Alf Benning and his ''domineering wife'', played by Geraldine Brophy. Photos by TVNZ. Next. Dunedin playwright and actor Simon O'Connor has taken on a grisly role, that of a browbeaten husband who snaps with bizarre results. He tells Rebecca Fox about playing a real-life murderer. Alfred Benning was the most unlikely murderer.
In 1977, Alfred Benning murdered his wife Elizebeth in Wellington, New Zealand... And it’s become a small source of fascination in recent years, spawning a TV movie “How to Murder your Wife.”
Jun 5, 2015 · Alfred Benning, a retired SPCA inspector, lived the high life for 11 days before being arrested for strangling his wife, Elizabeth. The 65-year-old met prostitutes at transvestite Carmen’s notorious cafe in Wellington, and hired one of them to be his housekeeper. She soon dobbed him in to police after noticing his suspicious behaviour.
Detective Mark 'Biggles' Everitt is played by Australian actor Todd Lasance. How to Murder Your Wife - This darkly comic telemovie is inspired by real events; the 1977 murder of Betty Benning by her animal loving husband Alf Benning (Simon O'Connor).
The film follows the passive-aggressive Alf Benning (Simon O'Conner) spiraling toward psychosis as his emotionally abusive wife Elizabeth (Geraldine Brophy) threatens to cast his beloved tiny Dutch Keeshond, Shep, out of the house.
Jul 12, 2021 · In 1977 on a quiet Karori street, Alf Benning brutally murdered his wife Betty. Her body parts were discovered buried beneath a freshly planted apple tree in the backyard. Alf had copies of books borrowed from the local library about getting away with murder.
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The temporary rank was conferred to allow him to command the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia (he was among the first from his class to reach even a temporary rank of general officer; first was his West Point classmate Luis Esteves, who was promoted Brigadier general in October 1940 [11]). While serving in this position he played a key part in developing the officer candidate ...
