Gerard Baden-Clay demands to be part of daughters’ lives from prison

HE murdered their mum, but Gerard Baden-Clay is still ­demanding to be a part of his daughters’ lives.

Convicted killer Gerard Baden-Clay has sought contact with his three children. File picture

HE murdered their mum, but Gerard Baden-Clay is still ­demanding to be a part of his daughters’ lives.

Baden-Clay has sought open communication with his three children from his cell at Wolston Correctional Centre at Wacol in Brisbane’s west.

He wanted to send photos from the prison, receive pictures of the girls and see their school report cards and newsletters, claiming it was in their best interest.

However, his bid to re-enter his daughters’ lives has been thwarted, with a ban imposed on any contact, The Courier-Mail has been told.

Gerard Baden-Clay in a prison mugshot. File picture: 7 News

The demands by the 46-year-old former real estate agent infuriated Allison’s friends who are alarmed he wants to interfere, from jail, with the lives of the girls.

“He is in complete denial about what he’s done,” one friend said.

“He has no concept about what he has put those kids through and how he has impacted everybody.

“It’s worrying that he thinks he has a right to be involved in these kids’ lives. He just hasn’t.”

Baden-Clay has not had contact with the girls — now 15, 13 and 10 — for almost three years. His ties to his children were cut in July 2014 when a jury convicted him of the murder of their mother, Allison, 43, at their home at Brookfield in outer western Brisbane.

Baden-Clay reported Allison missing on April 20, 2012 and her body was found 10 days later, dumped under a bridge 14km from their home.

The couple’s daughters are now living with Allison’s parents Geoff and Priscilla Dickie and moving forward with their lives.

Up until Baden-Clay’s trial, his daughters had visited him regularly at Arthur Gorrie prison where he was held on remand. Prison sources said Baden-Clay told them of the plans to get back in touch with his daughters.

Since his conviction, Baden-Clay has been working in Wolston’s “snaps” section, assembling metal parts.

Allison Baden-Clay was reported missing in April 2012. File picture

He has also pushed trolleys of food from the kitchen to cells, a job that led to an unlikely friendship with triple murderer Max Sica.

The sources said Baden-Clay has put on a lot of weight after abandoning a prison fitness regimen.

He has been sentenced to life, with a minimum jail term of 15 years before he is eligible for parole.

The Queensland Court of Appeal downgraded the conviction to manslaughter, finding a jury could not have been satisfied he intended to kill.

Prosecutors appealed to the High Court after thousands of people protested the downgrading, at a rally in Brisbane’s King George Square.

The nation’s highest court last August restored the murder conviction, finding the Court of Appeal had made a series of errors including wrongly concluding there was no motive for murder.

Baden-Clay was a former head of the Kenmore Chamber of Commerce and an active member of the girls’ school P & C group before his wife’s disappearance.

His trial was told he was involved in a long-running affair and had promised to leave his wife by July 1, 2012 — her birthday. He claimed scratches on his face were from shaving, but experts disagreed and said they were consistent with marks from fingernails.

Allison’s blood was found on a side panel in the third row seating area of her car, and leaves in her hair were from her garden.