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Jury retires in Baden-Clay murder trial

Allison and Gerard Baden-Clay on their wedding day.

The 12-member jury – comprising seven men and five women – retired for their deliberations after Supreme Court Justice John Byrne completed his summary of the 18-day proceedings.

Baden-Clay, a former real estate agent from Brookfield, west of Brisbane, stands accused of killing his wife of 14 years, Allison Baden-Clay.

Related: Baden-Clay murder trial nearing its end

Her body was found on a creek bank at Anstead in Brisbane’s west on April 30, 2012, ten days after her husband reported her missing from their home.

Baden-Clay has pleaded not guilty to murder.

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