Despicable Andrew Innes spoke of of his love for “ultra feminine” women and visits to bondage clubs whilst describing how he beat Bennylyn Burke to death with a hammer. The 52-year-old killer spent hours in the witness box providing details of his sexual preferences whilst also telling jurors about how he killed Bennylyn.
Horrified members of Bennylyn’s family sat weeping in the public benches of the High Court in Edinburgh listening to callous Innes’ horrifying account of how he killed her. He claimed he suffered from “diminished responsibility” and was having “very crazy” thoughts at the time he murdered Bennylyn on Sunday February 21 2021.
In the weeks leading up to the killing, Innes had spent time trying to persuade an Aberdeen University student to become his sexual playmate. Innes say that Mrs Burke was standing at the sink of his home in Innes Avenue, Dundee in the moments before the assault.
