Barbara Eckersley accused of murdering mother Dr Mary White with drugs used to euthanise animals

A New South Wales woman accused of murdering her mother in 2018 has been comforted by her husband while leaving a Supreme Court in Goulburn today.
The 69-year-old is on trial for allegedly killing her mother Dr Mary White at a Southern Highlands nursing home nearly three years ago.
Today the court heard, on August 5, 2018, while feeding her bedridden mother dinner, Barbara Eckersley allegedly drugged her with a narcotic sedative, called Pentobarbitone.
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Acclaimed Australian scientist Dr Mary White.(9News)
Prosecutors allege Ms Eckersley, who had been a wildlife volunteer in Canberra 20 years earlier was familiar with the drug, having used it to euthanise animals from time-to-time.

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