Prosecutors to contest claim Gerard Baden-Clay unintentionally killed wife
An undated image of Gerard Baden-Clay was presented as evidence on Tuesday, June 17, 2014, in the trial of Gerard Baden-Clay. (AAP)
Prosecutors seeking to overturn a controversial Court of Appeal decision in the Baden-Clay case argue there was no reasonable hypotheses consistent with Gerard Baden-Clay unintentionally killing his wife.
A full bench of the High Court is set to hear the case on July 26, following the downgrading of Baden-Clay's murder conviction to manslaughter last year.
In their final document filed ahead of that hearing, Queensland prosecutors accused the defence team of spinning "imaginary possibilities".
Baden-Clay's lawyers had argued there was no proof he intended to kill his wife Allison.
"It is not permissible after the conclusion of the trial to posit imaginary possibilities to explain an embarrassing death and then to assert these have not been addressed or excluded by the prosecution," prosecution submissions, filed on Friday, stated.
Allison 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.
With AAP.
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