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UPDATE: The husband of a woman who was shot to death in 1996 has been questioned in court about whether he ordered one of his sons to kill his wife. Ian Britton has denied having anything to do with her death and said a possible chat with a workmate about knocking her off was only talk . A court heard then-Blackwater resident Ian was having an affair with a family friend and had been on the verge of confessing his infidelity when his wife Dorothy was killed on about March 6. A Mackay Supreme Court jury heard she was shot in the head in her bed - her body was discovered by her daughter-in-law Maxine Britton the following evening.
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Subscriber only A man accused of shooting his mother in the head 25 years ago allegedly said kill the b tch on multiple occasions, a court heard. Christopher Britton has pleaded not guilty to murdering Dorothy Britton in 1996. She was found shot to death in her bed inside her Jubilee Pocket home on March 7. It is alleged Christopher killed her the night before. Steven Britton, who is one of Christopher s brothers, said the relationship between his brother and mother wasn t very amicable . Steven claimed in Mackay Supreme Court Christopher would say kill the b tch about his mother at certain times.
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Jury selection has begun in the murder trial against a man accused of killing his mother at Airlie Beach.
Christopher Mark Britton has already pleaded not guilty to one count of murder, which allegedly occurred 25 years ago.
It is alleged Mr Britton shot his mother in the face on or about March 6, 1996 at Jubilee Pocket.
Her body was discovered a day after her alleged murder when relatives arrived to find her front door open and a shotgun missing from her home.
Mr Britton was arrested in June 2018.
The trial, under Supreme Court Justice David North, begins this morning.
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A woman has relived the gruesome moment she found her mother-in-law shot to death in her Jubilee Pocket home during a murder trial against her brother in law.
âI saw mum on the bed, the back of her head was split open,â Maxine Britton told Mackay Supreme court on Monday afternoon.
âThere was a spot of blood on her left cheek.â
She was the first person to find Dorothy Britton in 1997 after she had been asked by her mother-in-lawâs husband Ian Britton to check on her when she failed to answer the phone on March 7.