«Breaking News» Sailor ‘killed his wife and sank catamaran off the coast of Cuba in a bid to inherit her estate

Lewis Bennett, whose wife mysteriously vanished as the newlyweds sailed off the Cuban coast

A sailor murdered his wife and deliberately sank their catamaran to inherit her estate and end their 'marital strife', prosecutors have alleged.

Lewis Bennett, from Poole, Dorset, was smuggling rare stolen coins when he was rescued alone off the coast of Cuba without his wife Isabella Hellmann.

Prosecutors in the US have extensively detailed what they believe to be Bennett's motives, after the FBI charged him with murder.

Court papers filed this week also revealed Ms Hellmann's family bugged her condo in Delray Beach, Florida, to listen to Bennett's conversations because they suspected him in her disappearance.

The newlyweds were sailing towards their US home in May last year when Bennett made an SOS call saying the 41-year-old former estate agent was missing and the vessel was sinking.

Prosecutor Benjamin Greenberg asked a Florida judge to admit into evidence conversations with loved ones where Ms Hellmann is said to have discussed rows over a mooted move to Australia, their dire finances and the raising of their daughter.

He argued they show the pair were 'consistently' rowing, adding: 'With potentially one of the arguments ultimately resulting in the murder of Hellmann.'

'Hellmann's murder would remove the marital strife from the defendant's life, allow the defendant to live his life as he pleased, and would enable him to inherit money from Hellmann's estate, all of which provide strong circumstantial proof that the defendant had a strong motive to murder Hellmann,' he continued. 

If Ms Hellmann is presumed dead – as Bennett, 41, has requested – he would inherit her condo and the contents of her bank account. 

Prosecutor Benjamin Greenberg asked a Florida judge to admit into evidence conversations with loved ones where Ms Hellmann (pictured) is said to have discussed rows over a mooted move to Australia

Isabella Hellmann disappeared while sailing off the coast of the archipelago with her engineer husband of just three months Lewis Bennett

The newlyweds were sailing towards their US home in May last year when Bennett made an SOS call saying the 41-year-old former estate agent was missing and the vessel was sinking (pictured together with their daughter)

Prosecutors also alleged she may have discovered he was in possession of the gold and silver coins stolen from his former employer in St Maarten, which could have made her an accomplice in the smuggling crime.

This 'potentially led to an intense argument resulting in Hellmann's murder', Mr Greenberg wrote.  

The FBI accused the British-Australian of intentionally scuttling the 37ft vessel and he is serving a seven-month jail term after admitting transporting the coins worth 38,480 dollars (£29,450).

Ms Hellmann's body is yet to be found.

Bennett is due to go on trail accused of second degree murder in December. 

Ms Hellmann's body is yet to be found

Surf Into Summer, the catamaran allegedly sunk by Bennet

Link hienalouca.com

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Lewis Bennett, whose wife mysteriously vanished as the newlyweds sailed off the Cuban coast

A sailor murdered his wife and deliberately sank their catamaran to inherit her estate and end their ‘marital strife’, prosecutors have alleged.
Lewis Bennett, from Poole, Dorset, was...

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