Constable recalls Polkinghorne with belt in his hands 'twirling it'
The eye surgeon is accused of having staged his wife's murder as a suicide.
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The Crown alleged a 'double life', the defence said the open relationship was consensual.
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Crown alleges eye surgeon strangled wife, staged death as a suicide
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