A Gold Coast businessman accused of murdering his wife called her a "greedy b****" and asked a Filipino man he met on a dating website to find a hitman to kill her, a court has heard.
John Chardon has pleaded not guilty in the Supreme Court in Brisbane to the murder of his wife Novy Chardon, who disappeared in February 2013.
Her body has never been found.
Speaking through an interpreter, Marshall Aguilor told the court he met Mr Chardon through an Asian dating website in 2011.
He told the court Mr Chardon said he wanted his wife killed in the Philippines.
Mr Aguilor told the court he and Mr Chardon met at a hotel in Cebu in the Philippines in early 2012 and that Mr Chardon asked him: "Can you kill?"
"I stayed calm and composed myself. I asked him who is it that you want to kill … he said my wife," Mr Aquilor said.
"He told me if you can't do this, can you help with someone who will do it and I will manage it."
"He would pay $US10,000 … if I can find a hitman.
"He wants me to find a cliff … there are less people … it won't attract attention … and that he can just leave her there."
Mr Aguilor told the court Mr Chardon asked him to buy a gun with a silencer and also sent money to him, but that he never went through with the purchase.
He said he told Mr Chardon he would try to find a hitman.
"But in reality, I don't know anyone."
Jurors were shown an email in July 2012 from Mr Chardon to Mr Aguilor, in which Mr Chardon said he could no longer transfer money overseas because of his wife.
"My wife is a mean, callous, selfish, greedy b****," Mr Chardon said in the email.
Mr Aguilor said Mr Chardon told him his wife was neglectful with the children and she had a boyfriend who would become "instantly rich" if they got a divorce.
Mr Chardon's barrister Tony Kimmins asked Mr Aguilor about a $250,000 reward for information in the case.
Mr Aguilor said he was not motivated to come forward because of the money.
The trial continues.
