Gerard Baden-Clay to be blocked from Allison's estate
Allison Baden-Clay's grieving father has gone to court to stop her murderous husband Gerard Baden-Clay from having any rights to her $1million estate.
Geoff Dickie has asked the Supreme Court block Baden-Clay from obtaining, or receiving benefit from his wife's death, The Courier Mail reported.
Mr Dickie is calling for the money – which comes from various life insurance policies and a superannuation fund – to be split between his daughter's three children.
Mother-of-three Allison Baden-Clay, pictured, left behind a million-dollar estate when she was killed in 2012. Her husband and murderer Gerard, pictured, was labelled as the sole beneficiary in her will
Geoff Dickie, pictured here with his wife Priscilla, has made an application to Brisbane's Supreme Court to block his daughter's husband from accessing the money
Gerard Baden-Clay is in jail after being found guilty of the murder of his wife in April 2012
A senior lawyer labelled the court action a formality, according to the paper, and said Baden-Clay would 'not get a cent' after murdering his wife in Brisbane in 2012.
Ms Baden-Clay had two life insurance policies when she died, one valued at $434,069 and another for $348,497.
She also had $236,505 in a superannuation account. The money from both of the life insurance policies have already been paid out – held in a trust until the completion of the trial and appeals process.
Ms Baden-Clay's body was found on a creek bank in April 2012 - 10 days after her husband reported her missing from their Brisbane home.
Ms Baden-Clay's body was found on a creek bank in April 2012 - 10 days after her husband reported her missing from their Brisbane home
He 'won't see a cent' of his wife's estate according to a senior lawyer who says Mr Dickie's application is just a formality
A senior lawyer labelled the court action a formality, according to the paper, and said Baden-Clay would 'not get a cent' after murdering his wife in Brisbane in 2012
The former real estate agent was initially found guilty of murder in 2014 but had his conviction downgraded to manslaughter in December in the Court of Appeal after his lawyers argued he could have unintentionally killed her during an argument.
Queensland's Director of Public Prosecutions immediately launched an appeal to be considered by the nation's highest court.
Baden-Clay appeared 'smug' before the High Court - but the five-judge bench unanimously ordered his original murder conviction to be reinstated.