00:02between the evening of July 29 2024 and the next morning Robert John Crawford is accused of
00:08strangling his wife in a chokehold at their southern Queensland home so that he could get
00:12out of the relationship and pursue other women as well as financially benefit he's also accused of
00:18then staging the area to look like a ride-on-mower accident instead today on Robert Crawford's 49th
00:24birthday the jury was told details about Francis Crawford's will which outlined if her husband
00:30survived her by 30 days he would get their whole multi-million dollar estate the prosecution claims
00:36this timing is significant as exactly 30 days after his wife's alleged murder he took steps to start
00:42making claims on that will as well as her lucrative superannuation today the jury was told Robert
00:48Crawford allegedly stood to gain as much as 5.4 million dollars in the event of his wife's death
00:54the murder trial also heard from its first witness a police officer who talked about the injuries
00:59found on Francis Crawford back in 2024 those include marks found on her neck which the crown claims are
01:06defensive wounds Robert Crawford's defense barrister however says those marks are also consistent with
01:11Francis Crawford potentially trying to remove the ride-on-mower from on top of her next week the jury
01:17is expected to be taken to the couple's upper lock your home where they can see the site where
01:21Francis Crawford was found for themselves
