'Composed' Packham attempts to explain movements on day of wife's disappearance
CAPE TOWN - Constantia businessman Rob Packham was composed and articulate as he tried to explain his movements on the day of his wife's disappearance to the Western Cape High Court on Monday.
On the day she went missing, February 22, she did not arrive for work at the usual time of 7:30am. Her body was later found in the boot of a burnt out BMW near the Diep River train station. During cross examination, senior state prosecutor Susan Galloway said witness X had testified that Packham had told her that he loved his life, but not his wife.He later also conceded that it was possible that he could have told his mistress the night before Gill's disappearance that he needed to make a decision about his future.
But Packham said he did not know who was driving his wife's car. He told the court he drove the other way, and visited car dealerships as he planned to buy his wife a new car. Galloway also cross-examined Packham about why he phoned a colleague and asked him to lie for him and to tell anyone who called that he had been in a meeting since 8.30am.
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