Husband 'burned while wife got washing in'

Via Gary. Story here.

Gary writes: "Hmm, does it really take Sherlock Holmes to work this one out? Man is worth two and a half million pounds, tells his wife he wants a divorce. Wife says “You will NOT divorce me”.

Husband goes out to shed, which then mysteriously explodes, burning him to death. Whilst he is burning to death, the wife BRINGS IN THE WASHING!

She then takes the cash and moves to Australia with the riches to buy a house where she sets up with her boyfriend.

Now, I wonder who did it – couldn’t have been a woman, MUST have been a man..."

Excerpt:

'As Jennifer Chubb professed her innocence in Bellingen yesterday, a British court was told she allegedly rushed to take washing off the line while her husband Andrew burned to death when his backyard shed burst into flames in 2001.

Andrew Chubb, 58, died in the shed fire after he apparently told his wife he wanted a divorce so he could move in with his lover Kerry Sparrow.

Neighbours yesterday told the inquest into his death that Mrs Chubb was very concerned about the washing on the line, told everyone she thought her husband was committing suicide and, before the fire was even out, was talking about insurance payouts.'