NSW woman guilty of manslaughter of elderly mother Dr Mary White
A daughter accused of killing her mother using animal euthanasia drugs has been found not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter.
Barbara Eckersley sat shaking in the Goulburn House courtroom, clutching a tissue in one hand and her lawyers hand with the other as the jury returned the verdict.
Her mother Dr Mary White, an acclaimed botanist, was found dead her room at a Bundanoon aged care facility in the New South Wales Southern Highlands in August 2018.
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Barbara Eckersley is on trial for the murder of her mother.(9News)
06:02 EDT, 7 April 2021
Two women accused of stabbing an acquaintance before stuffing her in the boot of her own car for 12 hours allegedly visited six different locations - including a McDonalds and a shopping centre - before they were eventually arrested.
Kayley Ketley and Letia Henderson told police they were returning a white Holden Commodore to a car hire company in Colo Vale, in the New South Wales Southern Highlands, when they were pulled over on the Hume Motorway about 11.30am on February 3.
The address on the satellite navigation device they were following was actually leading them to Belanglo State Forest, police facts state.
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A woman accused of killing her mother by mixing a lethal dose of a depressant drug into the 92-year-old s food has gone on trial more than two years after her mother s death.
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Barbara Eckersley is accused of murdering her mother scientist Dr Mary White at an aged care home in 2018
Ms Eckersley denies intending to kill her mother, though says she suffered from a major depressive disorder at the time
The jury was told they must determine if the drugs caused the death, if Ms Eckersley intended to kill her mother, and whether Ms Eckersley knew what she was doing was wrong
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A fiery text exchange between Sam Burgess and his ex-wife Phoebe has been revealed as the NRL star faces court accused of assaulting and intimidating former father-in-law Mitchell Hooke.
The messages emerged as the South Sydney Rabbitohs legend gave evidence at Moss Vale Local Court on Friday.
Burgess described how an access visit with his two children at the Hooke family home in the New South Wales Southern Highlands descended into a slanging match with Mr Hooke after the break-up of his marriage to Phoebe.
Burgess s barrister Phillip Boulten SC also claimed Mr Hooke and his daughter had used the court proceedings as part of a plan to destroy his client s career.