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

Published on January 29, 2024

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. Jonathan Crabtree, 26, was found dead at 9.55am on July 19, 2017 in the family’s home at Maudsland, north of the Gold Coast, with an excessive amount of prescription oxycodone in his system. Crown prosecutor Philip McCarthy told the jury in his opening statement for the trial he would endeavour to prove Crabtree deliberately administered a drink to her son containing the oxycodone that killed him....

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