The Age | Designer Stuart Rattle 'strangled with dog leash' confesses former lover 9news.com.au Seventeen years together ended when Michael O'Neill hit his partner, interior designer Stuart Rattle, over the head with a saucepan. He then used a dog leash to strangle him. Five days later he set fire to their South Yarra flat, leaving a candle on the carpet to ... Sex game led to murder and cover-up Interior designer Stuart Rattle's partner pleads guilty to murder Saucepan and dog lead used to murder interior designer Stuart Rattle, court hears |