Baden-Clay faces court, denies killing his wife
Former real estate agent Gerard Baden-Clay has denied killing his wife or fighting with her the night before she disappeared.
The 43-year-old has entered the witness box in the Brisbane Supreme Court where he is on trial charged with killing Allison Baden-Clay.
He told the court he had planned on spending the rest of his life with his wife.
Clean shaven and wearing a dark suit and glasses, the father of three took an oath on the bible before answering questions from his barrister.
“Did you kill Allison?” defence barrister Michael Byrne QC asked.
“No I did not,” Baden-Clay replied.
“Did you fight with her on the evening of the 19th (of April 2012)?”
“No I did not,” Baden-Clay said, also denying disposing of her body and cleaning up afterwards.
“We were planning to spend the rest of our lives together and we were working together to make that a reality.”
Under questioning from Mr Byrne, Baden-Clay explained how he began going out with his wife after meeting her at Flight Centre, where they both worked.
He remained composed until his lawyer asked what happened after he met Allison’s parents.
“I fell in love with her,” he said with a breaking voice before pausing to remove his glasses, and wipe his eyes with a handkerchief.
“I fell in love with her pretty well straight away,” he said through tears.
“I had had a couple of girlfriends previously but I felt a level of emotional attachment to Allison that was far deeper than I’d ever experienced before.
“I knew that she was the one.”
Allison’s body was found on a creek bank in Anstead in Brisbane’s west on April 30, 2012.
The discovery was made 10 days after her husband reported her missing from their home in nearby Brookfield.
The trial continues.
