Mum to fight poison juice claim in son’s death

Mum accused of killing own son pictured

After almost a decade-long wait, a mother is at court where she stands accused of murdering her own son with poisoned juice.

Mum accused of killing her own son with drug-laced smoothie stands trial

Maree Crabtree allegedly used a lethal dose of painkillers to murder her 26-year-old son.

Gold Coast mother pleads not guilty to murdering son with spiked smoothie

Maree Mavis Crabtree has pleaded not guilty to the murder of her son Jonathan in 2017, his attempted murder earlier that year, and attempted fraud.

Mum hid fatal painkillers in son's smoothie, jury told

A mother gave her adult son a lethal smoothie following disputes over money and the family's intolerable living situation, a jury has been told.Maree Mavis Crabtree has been accused of killing her 26-year-old son, Jonathan, with an overdose of painkillers on July 19, 2017, in the family's home north of the Gold Coast before making a $125,000 insurance claim.The 59-year-old has also been accused of attempting to murder her son in January of the s…

Mum to fight poison juice claim in son’s death

An almost decade-long wait for justice will near its end on Tuesday as a mother accused of murdering her own son with poison juice faces trial.