Weeks before she was found shot dead at close range, Cindy Crossthwaite was enduring a bitter court battle with her estranged husband over how they would divide their assets.
The case was adjourned to allow Emil "Bill" Petrov to find a lawyer, but the mother-of-three would not make it to the next hearing.
"This case is about who did it, who was responsible for such an horrific beating and killing of a middle-aged mother in suburban Melton South," prosecutor Mark Gibson told the jury in Melbourne yesterday.He said the prosecution will put forward a collection of circumstances over the four-week trial to prove Petrov murdered his estranged wife.
"Does the claim that you heard yesterday, that Ms Crossthwaite only had one enemy, place you on the right track? Or were there others ... who may have had a bee in their bonnet in relation to Ms Crossthwaite?"
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