Gerard Baden-Clay won't get anything from wife Allison's estate, Supreme Court rules
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Convicted murderer Gerard Baden-Clay will not get anything from his wife's estate, the Supreme Court in Brisbane has ruled.
The court today appointed Allison Baden-Clay's father, Geoff Dickie, as the executor of his daughter's estate.
Her family then formally applied to the Supreme Court to stop the father of three from being able to claim any part of her superannuation and life insurance payouts.
Mr Dickie and Allison's mother, Priscilla Dickie, were both in court today for the application in front of Justice Peter Applegarth.
Justice Applegarth ruled Gerard Baden-Clay was not entitled to receive anything from the estate.
"Gerard Robert Baden-Clay is not entitled to obtain or receive any benefit he would otherwise obtain or receive arising from the death of the deceased," he said.
The application was unopposed by the convicted murderer.
Allison's body was found on a creek bank in Brisbane's west 10 days after she was reported missing on April 20, 2012.
A Queensland jury convicted Baden-Clay of murder in 2014, but the state's Court of Appeal downgraded it to manslaughter in December 2015, after his lawyers argued it was possible he could have unintentionally killed his wife during an argument.
The High Court overturned that decision in August last year and reinstated the murder conviction.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, brisbane-4000, qld
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