Man found dead in woodchipper had unwittingly become part of ‘love quadrangle’, Queensland court hears

Prosecutor alleges Bruce Saunders, found dead near Gympie, was victim of premeditated murder motivated by desire to claim his life insurance

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When Bruce Saunders was found in a woodchipper, only his legs remained.

But Saunders was dead before his body was fed into the machine after unwittingly becoming embroiled in a love quadrangle", the Brisbane supreme court has been told.

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