03:47 EDT, 30 April 2021
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The accused killer of mother-of-three Kelly Wilkinson has been charged with her murder after spending 10 days in an induced coma.
Brian Earl Johnston, 34, was visited by officers in the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital on Friday where he was under police guard.
Johnston's lawyer Chris Hannay confirmed police had formally charged his client with the murder of Wilkinson, 27.
Hannay instructed his client, who was heavily medicated, to decline to be formally interviewed.
The body of Gold Coast mother of three Kelly Wilkinson was discovered in a home on the Gold Coast on April 20
Police charged Ms Wilkinson's estranged husband Brian Johnston (pictured) with her murder on Friday