I wonder how many other people in worse situations don't end up blowing their whole family away? He didn't just blow anyway, he planned it and that takes a cold heart.
Totally agree, they're can be never no excuse for it. If he hated his lifestyle, he should have just packed his bags cut ties got a job and lived on his own two feet. He wasn't a kid, he was a adult. Obviously the money was a big factor.
He was in many ways chained to Nevill and June, they financed everything his house, his wage, the car. I think this is what hurt him. I think he wanted to be able to impress people and make out he was wealthy in his own right. I don't think he was a workshy type of guy though. Probably just didn't like farming.
Nevill was a hard act to follow, a successful businessman, pillar of the community, magistrate ex war hero. I've never seen in all arenas of the case one person say a bad word about him.
I think he would have probably been planning it for a long time, long before Julie mugford came into the picture perhaps.
The process from planning to taking the jump can be a slow burning candle.
