The Dominion Post - Wellington,New Zealand


Transvestite murder accused identified

Last updated 09:06 07/05/2009


Two men accused of murdering an Upper Hutt transvestite known as Diksy
can be named after a judge rejected a plea for name suppression.

Richard Milton Jones, 64, was found by police at his Totara Park Rd
unit last Wednesday afternoon with severe injuries and could not be
resuscitated by emergency services.

Phillip Christopher Sanders, 41, and David Shaun Galloway, 18, have
been charged with murder.

Galloway was refused bail by Judge Pat Grace yesterday after he made
an application in Upper Hutt District Court. A further application for
name suppression was also refused. Both men are due back in court on
May 12.

Verity Jones, 23, who attended her father's funeral in Wellington this
week, said: "He was a gentle person who lived a really peaceful life.
That's why the way he died . . . it's devastating."

He was a cabinet maker and she recalled his "unique" creations, his
love of old cars, cricket and cats.

But he was better known around Upper Hutt as Diksy. A close friend,
Myrie Beck, called him a "beautiful person", with a great sense of
humour. "Everybody who knew Diksy loved her. There was name-calling
and, whenever she got on a bus, people would look and look again. But
she wasn't bothered by that."

- The Dominion Post


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