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Australia police charge woman with murder over mushroom lunch [View all]
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-police-arrest-woman-over-mushroom-lunch-that-killed-three-2023-11-01/Australia police charge woman with murder over mushroom lunch
Reuters
November 2, 2023 6:14 AM EDT Updated 2 hours ago
SYDNEY, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Australian police said on Thursday they had charged a 49-year-old woman with the murder of three elderly people, with local media reporting the three died after they ate poisonous mushrooms at a lunch hosted by the woman.
Victoria state police also charged the woman with five counts of attempted murder - two related to the meal on July 29 this year and three related to separate incidents in 2021 and 2022 when they said a 48-year-old man became ill following meals.
Police had earlier searched the woman's house with the help of technology detector dogs trained to sniff out tiny electronic devices such as USBs and SIM cards, which are easy to hide.
The woman, who was not named by police, was remanded in custody and will appear in court on Friday.
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Reuters
November 2, 2023 6:14 AM EDT Updated 2 hours ago
SYDNEY, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Australian police said on Thursday they had charged a 49-year-old woman with the murder of three elderly people, with local media reporting the three died after they ate poisonous mushrooms at a lunch hosted by the woman.
Victoria state police also charged the woman with five counts of attempted murder - two related to the meal on July 29 this year and three related to separate incidents in 2021 and 2022 when they said a 48-year-old man became ill following meals.
Police had earlier searched the woman's house with the help of technology detector dogs trained to sniff out tiny electronic devices such as USBs and SIM cards, which are easy to hide.
The woman, who was not named by police, was remanded in custody and will appear in court on Friday.
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