'Give me cigarettes and I'll confess to third murder', convicted killer tells police

Sixty-four-year-old David Burgess, formerly of Stoneyfield, Beenham, is charged with murdering 17-year-old Newbury girl Yolande Waddington on October 28, 1966.
Her body was found in a ditch in Clay Lane, Beenham, two days later.
She had been tied up, stabbed and strangled.

Today (Wednesday) the jury at Reading Crown Court was told that in 2011 the major crime review team at Thames Valley Police started to re-investigate the case. On November 15 Burgess was arrested on suspicion of her murder and was interviewed at Abingdon police station.
The court heard that during the interview Burgess became agitated at being unable to smoke, and said: “Give me a packet of fags and I’ll confess.”
He then laughed.
Earlier in the trial, the jury was told that Burgess was convicted for murdering

nine-year-old girls Jeanette Wigmore and Jacqueline Williams at a disused gravel pit in Beenham on April 17, 1967.
During his interview with police in November, Burgess said: “I’ve had this crap for over 40 years. ‘You did this, you did that’. The Home Office has been pointing for 40 odd years. It’s only a matter of time before you charge me. I literally don’t give a s**t. I’ve accepted I’m never getting out of prison. If you want to charge me, charge me. I don’t care.”
Miss Waddington (pictured top right) was last seen alive at the Six Bells pub in Beenham (pictured bottom right) at about 10,30pm on October 28, 1966.
Burgess (pictured middle right) confirmed that he saw Miss Waddington in the pub that night and left the establishment about 10 minutes after she did. However, Burgess denied having any involvement in the teenager’s death.
“I don’t know anything about it at all,” he said during November’s interview. “I left at closing time. I went home to where I live. I have no recollection of seeing anyone.
“In those days, when I had a few pints my head hit the pillow and off I went. It was no different to any other night.”
Before Burgess was interviewed by police on November 15 he rejected free legal advice and ripped up documents given to him by police officers, the court was told.
The following day, Burgess was charged with murdering Miss Waddington.
The trial continues.