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| Gerard Baden-Clay asked MP for $300,000 loan, murder trial told | Gerard Baden-Clay asked MP for $300,000 loan, murder trial told |
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| Gerard Baden-Clay asked a Queensland politician for $300,000 one month before his wife vanished, his murder trial has heard. | Gerard Baden-Clay asked a Queensland politician for $300,000 one month before his wife vanished, his murder trial has heard. |
| A former assistant to Bruce Flegg, the former Queensland Liberal leader, told the supreme court in Brisbane the request for a loan was made through her. | |
| Sue Heath said the MP asked her to phone Baden-Clay in 2012, when she was helping the politician with real estate deals. | Sue Heath said the MP asked her to phone Baden-Clay in 2012, when she was helping the politician with real estate deals. |
| She said she called the real estate agent from a polling booth in Flegg's Moggill electorate, in Brisbane, some time before the state election, held on 24 March that year. | She said she called the real estate agent from a polling booth in Flegg's Moggill electorate, in Brisbane, some time before the state election, held on 24 March that year. |
| "Gerard said that he was having financial trouble and he wanted to know if Bruce could lend him some money," she told the court on Thursday. | "Gerard said that he was having financial trouble and he wanted to know if Bruce could lend him some money," she told the court on Thursday. |
| "He was distressed ... you could just tell in his voice. He was normally very confident and he was genuinely really quite distressed." | "He was distressed ... you could just tell in his voice. He was normally very confident and he was genuinely really quite distressed." |
| Heath testified that Baden-Clay asked for about $300,000 and told her if he did not get it he would go broke or bankrupt. | Heath testified that Baden-Clay asked for about $300,000 and told her if he did not get it he would go broke or bankrupt. |
| "I said I didn't think we had that kind of money," she said, adding that she also told Baden-Clay she would ask Flegg, who later became a state government minister. | "I said I didn't think we had that kind of money," she said, adding that she also told Baden-Clay she would ask Flegg, who later became a state government minister. |
| She said Baden-Clay was "fine" at the end of the conversation. | She said Baden-Clay was "fine" at the end of the conversation. |
| "I just felt really sad because they seemed so successful," she said. | "I just felt really sad because they seemed so successful," she said. |
| Heath also said she spoke with Flegg on the phone at 10.53pm on 19 April 2012, the night Allison Baden-Clay was last seen. | Heath also said she spoke with Flegg on the phone at 10.53pm on 19 April 2012, the night Allison Baden-Clay was last seen. |
| Under cross-examination, she agreed the politician told her to turn her television down because he thought he heard a scream. | Under cross-examination, she agreed the politician told her to turn her television down because he thought he heard a scream. |
| "I said, ‘Well you need to have a look,' and he went out the front to have a look," she said. | "I said, ‘Well you need to have a look,' and he went out the front to have a look," she said. |
| Baden-Clay has pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife on 19 April 2012. | Baden-Clay has pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife on 19 April 2012. |
| Her body was found 11 days later on a creek bank at Anstead in Brisbane's west. | Her body was found 11 days later on a creek bank at Anstead in Brisbane's west. |
| The discovery was made 10 days after her husband reported her missing from their home in nearby Brookfield. | The discovery was made 10 days after her husband reported her missing from their home in nearby Brookfield. |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |