Woodchipper victim’s greatest fear was woman accused of his murder would leave him, court told

Prosecutors allege Sharon Graham was architect' of alleged plan to murder Bruce Saunders and get money from his insurance

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Weeks before Bruce Saunders' body was put in a woodchipper, the butcher spoke about taking out a life insurance policy and marrying the woman now accused of his murder, a jury has heard.

Saunders was hit on the head with an iron bar after sunset on 12 November 2017 and his body fed into an industrial woodchipper to make it look like an accident, a Brisbane court has been told.

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