Australian Mother Killed ‘Troubled’ Son With Overdose, Court Told

‘Jonathan’s younger sister, Tara, will tell us of her mother’s plan to kill her brother. She will tell us, frankly, that she helped her mother.’

Items are seen on the ground as paramedics from B.C. Ambulance respond to a drug overdose in downtown Vancouver on June 23, 2021. The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward

A woman accused of murdering her adult son by giving him an overdose of painkillers did so to rid herself of a “troubled young man”, a court has heard.

Maree Mavis Crabtree, 57, faced Brisbane Supreme Court on Monday and pleaded not guilty to one count of attempted murder, one count of murder and one count of attempted insurance fraud.