A second man has been charged with murdering Gold Coast mother Kelly Wilkinson, with Queensland police alleging he helped her estranged husband prepare for the alleged attack.
Wilkinson’s husband, Brian Earl Johnston, was previously charged with murder for allegedly setting the mother-of-three alight outside her Arundel home on 20 April 2021.
Det Insp Chris Ahearn said the 25-year-old man charged on Tuesday was a workmate and on-off flatmate of Johnson.
“He was involved in transporting Kelly’s estranged husband and had some involvement in procuring items like fuel that were used in her murder,” Ahern alleged. “These acts were preparatory … he aided Kelly’s husband with a number of acts.”
The man was interviewed in April but was charged following further police inquiries.
He is scheduled to face Southport magistrates court on Wednesday.
Johnson appeared in court last week. His lawyers said outside court Johnson had been unable to give detailed instruction and could “barely speak” since the incident.
