Updated October 28, 2026 — 7:20pm , first published 12:16pm

A court heard a Royal Australian Air Force pilot told a colleague how horrible it was to wash blood off his skin after police arrived at the scene of his wife’s alleged murder, which prosecutors say was staged to look like a ride-on mower accident.

Robert Crawford was a “love rat” who lived a double life before killing his wife, Frances, so he would not lose millions of dollars in a divorce, prosecutors told the Supreme Court in Brisbane this week.

The 49-year-old, who has pleaded not guilty, allegedly staged his wife’s death to look like a yard accident at their 40-hectare property in Upper Lockyer, in south-east Queensland, in July 2024.

Robert Crawford (centre) is on trial, accused of murdering his wife.…