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A Mackay jury heard a man accused of murdering his mother with a shotgun had a running joke with a former flame about his mum’s violent death.

The son of a woman shot to death in the Whitsundays claims his father was the mastermind behind the murder and may have roped in a third party.

The husband of a woman shot to death was having an affair with a long-standing family friend at the time of her death.

One woman is convinced she saw Dorothy Britton’s killer as witnesses testify they heard gunshots the day she was found shot to death in her bed.

The husband of a Whitsunday woman found shot in the head believed his wife had been cheating and contracted a sexually transmitted infection, a court has heard.

Premium Content Subscriber only UPDATE: The husband of a woman who was shot to death in 1996 has been questioned in court about whether he ordered one of his sons to kill his wife. Ian Britton has denied having anything to do with her death and said a possible chat with a workmate about "knocking" her off was "only talk". A court heard then-Blackwater resident Ian was having an affair with a family friend and had been on the verge of confessing his infidelity when his wife Dorothy was killed ...

Premium Content Subscriber only Jury selection has begun in the murder trial against a man accused of killing his mother at Airlie Beach. Christopher Mark Britton has already pleaded not guilty to one count of murder, which allegedly occurred 25 years ago. It is alleged Mr Britton shot his mother in the face on or about March 6, 1996 at Jubilee Pocket. Her body was discovered a day after her alleged murder when relatives arrived to find her front door open and a shotgun missing from her home. M...

Premium Content Subscriber only A woman has relived the gruesome moment she found her mother-in-law shot to death in her Jubilee Pocket home during a murder trial against her brother in law. “I saw mum on the bed, the back of her head was split open,” Maxine Britton told Mackay Supreme court on Monday afternoon. “There was a spot of blood on her left cheek.” She was the first person to find Dorothy Britton in 1997 after she had been asked by her mother-in-law’s husband ...

Distressing images showing a Dorothy Britton shot to death on her bed were passed around the jury chosen to determine whether or not her son was her killer.

Janessa Ekert Journalist I didn’t always want to be a journalist. In fact, when I was younger my dream was to be an archaeologist – who wouldn’t want to be like Indiana Jones? However, now that I am a journalist, I couldn’t imagine doing anything else with my life. I love listening to people’s stories and sharing them with others. I’m a Queenslander through and though. Mackay is the furthest south I have ever lived. I’m an only child and I w...