Court hears GP chose murder over divorce
10th November 2016
Fed up with his marriage and besotted with his lover, Sydney GP Dr Brian Kenneth Crickitt murdered his wife rather than enduring a costly and embarrassing divorce, a court has heard.
Crown prosecutor Mark Tedeschi QC told the NSW Supreme Court that the 63-year-old had emotional and financial motives for injecting wife Christine Crickitt with a lethal dose of insulin on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day in 2010.
Mr Tedeschi said Dr Crickitt's attitude to his 58-year-old wife was clear from his police interview on the day of her death.
He complained she was unfair, ungrateful, difficult