Overview
- Jurors heard a neighbour testify that Maree Crabtree called her son a potato with no life and said she wanted to put something in his drink so he would not be here.
- Under cross-examination, the neighbour accepted her notes used different wording and that the remark could date to 2015 rather than the year he died.
- Prosecutors say Crabtree fatally mixed oxycodone into a blended drink and then sought a AUS$125,000 payout from her son's superannuation, which is an Australian retirement fund.
- The defence argues Jonathan Crabtree may have overdosed on his own given the many prescription medicines in the home and his opioid use after a 2015 brain injury.
- Friends and neighbours told the court he became depressed and isolated after his sister’s death, and the Brisbane Supreme Court trial continues without a verdict.