Weeks earlier than Bruce Saunders was present in a woodchipper, Sharon Graham had a premonition a couple of horrible accident, a court docket has heard.
Graham, 61, and Gregory Lee Roser, 63, are on trial having pleaded not responsible to homicide after Saunders, 54, died whereas engaged on a property north of Brisbane in November 2017.
Graham is accused of asking Roser and one other man, Peter Koenig, to kill Saunders and make it seem like an accident to assert her ex-partner's $750,000 life insurance coverage coverage.
Ex-partner Barry Collins mentioned Graham spoke a couple of premonition "three or so weeks" earlier than he first heard about Saunders' dying on the information.
"She mentioned, 'I've had a premonition, there may be going to be a horrible accident that somebody goes to get damage'," he instructed the Brisbane Supreme Courtroom.
When pressed on what Graham mentioned concerning the premonition, Collins mentioned: "They'll be clearing a block, clearing some land and there may be going to be an accident and somebody goes to get damage."
The jury has earlier been proven police video and photos of Saunders' legs protruding from a woodchipper on the Goomboorian property close to Gympie after he had been clearing timber with Roser and Koenig.
Weeks after the dying, Collins mentioned Graham had a dialog about what had occurred to Saunders.
He mentioned Graham did not go into element however instructed him it was an accident.
Graham has been accused of being in a "love quadrangle" with Roser, Koenig and Saunders, plotting the latter's homicide for months.
Collins mentioned Koenig had been a long-term worker for his transport enterprise.
Throughout their de facto relationship, Collins moved from South Australia to Queensland with Graham and Koenig had include them, dwelling on the identical property because the couple.
He described Koenig's relationship with Graham as "very shut".
Earlier than relocating to Queensland, Collins mentioned he had discovered a handgun that he had forgotten he had owned and gave it to Koenig however "by no means seen it once more".
The court docket heard a "very confused" Roser visited a fellow resident at a caravan park north of Brisbane in July 2017 and instructed her that his girlfriend wished him to shoot and kill her associate.
Joan Balfour mentioned caravan park neighbour Roser instructed her that he had obtained the small handgun from his girlfriend's "buddy".
Balfour mentioned she had by no means met the girlfriend or knew her identify however had seen the blonde girl go to Roser on the caravan park.
"He instructed me his girlfriend wished to do away with her associate on the time," she instructed the court docket.
"She wished Greg to shoot her associate ... I suggested him not to do this clearly."
Balfour mentioned Roser revealed the gun was within the boot of his automotive once they met for lunch the following day.
She mentioned Roser had additionally instructed her that the girlfriend had offered an deal with and instances to put in wait to shoot the associate.
"He instructed me the final time he noticed his girlfriend she despatched him to her buddy's home and this buddy gave him a gun," Balfour mentioned.
"I requested 'what kind of fool offers somebody a gun?', and he mentioned that the man who gave him the gun was in love along with his girlfriend however nothing had ever occurred.
"I simply mentioned ... 'do not do it, it is silly'. Earlier than we had completed the dialog he agreed with me that it was silly and he wasn't going to do it."
The trial earlier than Justice Martin Burns continues.