The court was told Mr Skrinskas was killed at aboutlunchtime and his body was dumped in a shallow grave and covered with leaves in woodland close to Humberside Airport.
Speaking at a lunchtime gathering of about two dozen prospective voters at a restaurant in Midtown Manhattan, he said he would confront what he described as an economic and political crisis in France and hammered the Hollande administration's tax policies.
In the picture book category, Rebecca Cobb - who has illustrated books by The Gruffalo creator, Julia Donaldson - has been shortlisted for Lunchtime, while Chris Haughton features for a second year running with Oh No George, about a dog who tries very hard to be well-behaved.