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Qld man who killed wife ‘lying about body’
A Queensland man convicted of killing his wife and interfering with her corpse is lying about where she’s buried, her father says.
March 18, 2019
A man who lied about killing his wife for almost two decades is still lying about where he buried her body, her outraged family says.
Edmund Ian Riggs, 59, was found guilty in February of the manslaughter of his wife, Patricia Anne Riggs, south of Brisbane in September 2001.
After his conviction, Riggs told authorities where to look for the rest of his wife’s remains after only parts of her body were discovered under a shed in the family’s former home at Redcliffe in 2016.
Following sentencing submissions on Monday, Ms Rigg’s father, Jon Knowles, lashed out at Riggs’ claim about where his daughter’s remains are.
“The story is full of holes, including the fact he went to the site because he saw some excavation and so he panicked about and went and retrieved half her body,” Mr Knowles told reporters outside the Supreme Court on Monday.
“I mean, is that for real? He’s only going to take half and leave all the evidence behind still … he said he left the doona and rug behind.”
Earlier, Riggs, who was also convicted of interfering with his wife’s corpse, pleaded guilty to four charges of perjury.
Riggs will be sentenced on Thursday.