A Queensland jury will likely retire on Friday to determine if a man persuaded and then helped his wife take her own life so he could use her life insurance money to build a religious commune.
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Jurors in the Brisbane Supreme Court trial of Graham Robert Morant, 69, heard the case summed up on Thursday.
Morant is accused of counselling and advising Jennifer Morant to take her own life in 2014.
He was the sole beneficiary to her $1.4 million life insurance when she killed herself in November that year.
Ms Morant lived with chronic back pain and found even the most simple everyday tasks impossible, the court has heard.
The prosecution alleges Morant persuaded Ms Morant by telling her the funds would go towards a commune where he would be pastor.
But defence lawyers argue there is no evidence the money was paid and have told the court Ms Morant wanted to die.
Two witnesses close to the woman testified she did not want to kill herself and was scared because her husband had pressured her to do so.
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