Parents' outrage over legal aide for Joanna Yeates killer He should never have received taxpayers' money to defend himself. He prolonged the case by lying to the police and lying during his trial. To this day, he has never acknowledged outside court that he killed Jo. We feel he should now be held to account in every way possible. Tabak, the son of a pilot, was defended at his trial by William Clegg QC, one of the country's leading criminal barristers, but even he admitted to jurors that his client's behaviour while trying to cover his tracks had been "disgusting." The killer attacked Miss Yeates just minutes after she arrived home alone following Christmas drinks with friends in December 2010, and after killing her drove her body to a secluded lane and dumped it. Her family went through a week of agony before her body was found by dog walkers, with Tabak all the while insisting he knew nothing about her disappearance. The Legal Services Commission said it "cannot differentiate between applicants for legal aid on the grounds that a decision to grant funding may be unpopular in a particular case."