Robert Crawford texted lover nearly 10,000 times while trying to reconcile with
Robert Crawford sent nearly 10,000 messages to real estate agent Rebecca Lawler in just one month during marriage counselling.
Robert Crawford is on trial accused of murdering his wife Frances in July 2024 and staging it as a lawnmower accident. The court heard he engaged in a secret affair with real estate agent Rebecca Lawler while working to save his marriage.
In just one month, October to November 2023, the pair exchanged 9,979 messages and photographs. Crawford told Lawler his marriage was "completely over" and that he enjoyed being single.
He had a 20-year history of infidelity, sleeping with multiple RAAF colleagues and women across continents. The couple were in marriage counselling from October 2023 to July 2024.
- 9,979 messages and photographs
- Messages exchanged
- October to November 2023
- When affair unfolded
- Rebecca Lawler, real estate agent
- The other woman
- July 30, 2024
- Wife's death
Why it mattersThe prosecution is building a case that Crawford had motive and opportunity. The affair messages show his state of mind weeks before his wife's death.
AustraliaA Brisbane Supreme Court murder trial is examining Crawford's relationship and communications in the months before his wife died.
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