New disturbing details about Gerard Baden-Clay revealed
Disturbing details about Gerard Baden-Clay have been exposed in a new book about the high-profile Queensland murder case.
The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay, by journalist David Murray from the Courier-Mail, has revealed new details that Gerard made calls to check on wife Allison’s life insurance policies the week before she went missing five years ago.
The book also suggests that Gerard may have been about to crack and confess his crimes two days after murdering his wife. He had crashed his car into a concrete pylon at Indooroopilly Shopping Centre.
“[Witnesses say] he just repeated the words ‘sorry’ … eventually one of the paramedics said what are you sorry about the crash or something else,” The Courier’s chief crime reporter, Kate Kyriacou, told 9NEWS.
The killer was also investigated by former employer Flight Centre who believed he was ripping them off. The allegations could never be proven.
Alison Baden-Clay was murdered by her husband and dumped under a bridge in 2012. Gerard was found guilty of her murder in July 2014. He appealed the decision in 2015, and successfully had his conviction downgraded to manslaughter. However, after an appeal by the Queensland Director of Public Prosecutions, the High Court of Australia subsequently restored the murder conviction in August last year.
He is now serving a life sentence with a non-parole period of 15 years.
The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay is available now in bookstores and online.