The 65-year-old Rhodes ran an animal shelter in Bőny, Győr county. She had gained fame as a model in the UK in the 1960s.

The defendant, a former employee of Rhodes, claimed that she had led him to be-lieve that his job situation would continuously improve. He said he killed her on the fatal night because she had struck him with a dog leash."

Source: Hungary Around the Clock.

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