why did barry bench murder sabena. barry bench and sabena were acquaintances.a lived with barry's brother ron until they broke up a month before the fire. according to friends, barry bench was in financial trouble and may have wanted to sell the farmhouse where sabena was staying. no one knows what happened that night. but the forensic evidence shows barry went to the farmhouse to speak with sabena. there was an argument. and things turned violent. the theory is that barry set fire to the farmhouse and was about to leave when he realized that sabena wasn't dead. there was another fight outside. by this time, he couldn't take her body back into the farmhouse. the fire was too advanced. so he dragged her body to the footpath 100 yards away and left her there. this explains why barry searched that area later after firefighters arrived. he wanted to make sure she was dead. >> i have never had a case where the client solved his own crime using nothing but a pen and paper. he did all the hard work. >> they made me turn a cell into an office, a bed into a desk and a m