Accused murderer Gerard Baden-Clay has denied smothering his wife as she frantically fought for her life.
He said he was "offended" by suggestions he'd killed the woman he loved, and then left his sleeping children home alone to callously dispose of her body.
Crown prosecutor Todd Fuller suggested to Baden-Clay that he was under significant personal and financial pressure on April 19, 2012, the day his wife Allison was last seen alive.
"You killed your wife, Mr Baden-Clay," Mr Fuller said.
"No I did not," Baden-Clay replied firmly from the witness box.
"You killed her, either in or at Brookfield, that night or in
the early hours of the morning," Mr Fuller said loudly.
"No I did not," Baden-Clay replied.
Mr Fuller: "You attacked her and the only way that she could respond was to lash out and claw at your face and leave marks upon it."
Baden-Clay "That is not true."
Mr Fuller: "Probably as you smothered her and took her life from her."
Baden-Clay: "That is not true."
The former real estate agent, who remained calm under cross examination, told Mr Fuller he had no idea how he got an injury under his right shoulder, and denied overpowering his wife quickly.
"I never did anything to physically harm my wife in any way, ever, so your supposition to then take it further, to suggest I did other things as well, is absurd and I object to it," Baden-Clay said.
"You transported her to Kholo Creek and then dumped her underneath the bridge, unceremoniously," Mr Fuller continued.
"The suggestion that I would leave my children for any time in the middle of the night is absurd, let alone to do the dastardly things you're suggesting," Baden-Clay replied.
Allison Baden-Clay's body was found on a creek bank at Anstead in Brisbane's west on April 30, 2012.
The discovery was made 10 days after her husband reported her missing from their home at nearby Brookfield.
Baden-Clay, who has pleaded not guilty to murder, has been stood down from the witness box on his forth day of evidence.
Defence witnesses are expected to appear later on Wednesday.
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