Judge Questions Crown Case Against Murder-Accused Mum

The trial related only to the death in the family’s Maudsland, Gold Coast home of the 26-year-old who had a brain injury from a car crash.

A police car is parked outside the East Melbourne police station in Victoria, Australia, on Oct. 27, 2023. Susan Mortimer/The Epoch Times

A woman who has been behind bars for more than six years accused of murdering her two adult children has sobbed as a judge questioned whether there is any prospect of her being convicted.

Jurors were discharged on Feb. 6 in the Brisbane trial of Maree Mavis Crabtree who had pleaded not guilty to one count each of murder, attempted murder and attempted insurance fraud.