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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.

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 on about March 6. A Mackay Supreme Court jury heard she was shot in the head in her bed - her body ...

Premium Content Subscriber only A man accused of shooting his mother in the head 25 years ago allegedly said "kill the b*tch" on multiple occasions, a court heard. Christopher Britton has pleaded not guilty to murdering Dorothy Britton in 1996. She was found shot to death in her bed inside her Jubilee Pocket home on March 7. It is alleged Christopher killed her the night before. Steven Britton, who is one of Christopher's brothers, said the relationship between his brother and mother "wasn't very amicable". Steven claimed in Mackay Supreme Court Christopher would say "kill the b*tch" abo...

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 Ian Britton to check on her when she failed to answer the phone on March 7.