It may have been Livent co-founder Garth Drabinsky's big day -- the man who created North America's largest live theatre company with hits like Show Boat, Ragtime and The Phantom of the Opera has been found guilty of fraud and forgery -- but news comes from an Australian court about a very serious conviction.
We learn of Donald Alcock, a financially troubled man who murdered a highly respected beekeeper in order to get his hands on $40,000 worth of honey. According to The Globe and Mail, Alcock has been convicted of murder and will now spend 15 years in prison, hopefully wondering why he ever embarked on such a crime.
Alcock shot the esteemed beekeeper, Anthony Ross Knight, in the back as he slept and loaded the haul of honey onto his truck so he could sell it to a honey distributor. While unloading the sweet stuff, Alcock was pinned under an enormous vat and was rushed to hospital.
In court, with all of Knight's colleagues in attendance, the unfortunate Alcock pleaded not guilty, explaining that he assumed the bullet would go straight through Knight's body without killing him.
March 25, 2009
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