He had asked her to increase her life insurance and name him sole beneficiary. She told him she had done so. She hadn’t according to her family. Does Australia have the death penalty?
Article says that the father says that the bride said that the suspect said.
Yeah. That's not a very solid prosecutorial case.
Now...when a man marries a woman (uh, did she have any credit card debt maybe? Hmmm?) he becomes liable for her debts, too.
Spouses should set their coverage so that either remaining spouse would be able to pay off the combined debt, or at least enough to allow the remaining spouse to survive on the remaining respective income.
Did he up his coverage, too?
Had the groom died on the trip and had NOT upped his own life insurance to care for HER in the event of his death, then the father-in-law would've derided the groom as an irresponsible fool, too.
The court will decide on facts, but the court of FR kneejerk opinion is a little too quick.