Almost 28 years after Hugo Benscher was allegedly murdered, police lay charges

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A man has been charged with murder 28 years after 89-year-old Hugo Benscher was found bound and gagged at his Gold Coast home.

Police have arrested a 62-year-old man with the murder of an elderly widower on the Gold Coast almost three decades ago.A 62-year-old man from Tasmania has been charged with his murderEighty-nine-year-old Hugo Benscher was found bound and gagged on the floor of his canal-front home in Paradise Point on June 21, 1992.Today, a man from Launceston in Tasmania was extradited to Brisbane where he was charged with one count of murder.

"We've reviewed thousands of pieces of information dating back to 1992," Detective Senior Sergeant Tara Kentwell said. "We've interviewed and re-interviewed witnesses and conducted a forensic review of our exhibits, we've utilised modern policing methodologies to progress a historical investigation to this stage."Originally born in Hamburg in 1903, Hugo Benscher immigrated to Australia in 1948 and lived in Sydney for most of his life.

The inventor of an inflatable ball bladder used in sporting equipment, Hugo moved to the Gold Coast in 1986 after his wife died, and became a regular attendee of the Runaway Bay Yacht Club.

 

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