A woman prosecutors claim had her death staged to look like a lawnmower accident could have died from deliberate strangulation or in a tragic mistake, a magistrate has heard.

Frances Elizabeth Crawford was found dead near a ride-on lawnmower at the base of a retaining wall at a rural Upper Lockyer property, west of Brisbane , in July 2024.

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Her husband and former Royal Australian Air Force pilot Robert John Crawford, 47, was charged three months later with murder and interfering with a corpse.

Crawford faced Ipswich Magistrates Court on Wednesday for the start of a two-day committal hearing to determine whether there is sufficient evidence for him to face trial.

Prosecutors have alleged Crawford strangled his

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