Updated October 27, 2026 — 6:50pm , first published 3:19pm

Just days before she was allegedly killed by her Royal Australian Air Force pilot husband, Frances Crawford confronted him about his repeated affairs and relationships, and interstate and overseas flights he had booked for other women, a court has been told.

Robert Crawford, 49, has pleaded not guilty to killing his wife in July 2024, and staging her death to look like a lawn mower accident at their 100-acre property in Upper Lockyer, south-east Queensland.

On the prosecution case, the pilot was a “love rat” who lived a double life, and killed his wife so he would not lose millions of dollars in a divorce.

Robert John Crawford (centre) with his lawyers at the Supreme Court in Brisbane on Monday. AAPIMAGE

Frances Crawford’s body was found near a ride-on lawn mower at the bottom of a retaining wall on their property.…