# Brisbane jury hears marriage conditions in former pilot’s murder trial

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/polygraphs-receipts-and-no-female-chitchat-the-15-marriage-rules-for-ex-raaf-pilot-accused-of-murdering-his-wife/
- Published: 2026-10-27T04:54:14+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T05:02:31+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16241017/frances-crawford-murder-trial-signal-messages-polygraph-conditions.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Europe, World

## Key points

- Robert Crawford denies murdering his wife Frances.
- Prosecutors allege her death was staged as a mower accident.
- The couple’s reconciliation came with 15 strict conditions.

## Summary

A jury in Brisbane has heard competing accounts of the marriage between former RAAF pilot Robert Crawford and his wife Frances, whose 2024 death he is accused of causing. Prosecutors allege he strangled her and staged an accident involving a ride-on mower; Crawford denies murder, and his barrister says her death was accidental. The case matters because jurors must assess a largely circumstantial prosecution case alongside the couple’s messages and troubled relationship.

The court heard the couple had separated in 2023 after alleged infidelity, then reconciled under 15 conditions set by Frances. These reportedly included polygraph tests, church attendance, receipts for spending over $30, access to Crawford’s phone and avoiding unnecessary interactions with women; pornography and affairs were listed as deal-breakers. Messages showed Crawford telling Frances he missed her on 29 July 2024, the day before she was found dead at their property west of Toowoomba.

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