Mom on Trial for Son's Oxycodone Death

0:00It's April 7th. Welcome in. This is Sydney News Today, where local news meets AI. A gold-coast mother, named Marie Crabtree, just pleaded not guilty to murdering her 26-year-old son, Jonathan, back in July 2017. Prosecutors say she spiked a fruit smoothie with a deadly dose of oxycodone using a kitchen blender, leading to his overdose death. She's also denying charges of attempted murder from January that year and trying to fraudulently claim over $100,000 from his. Superannuation fund. The trial kicked off this Tuesday in Brisbane Supreme Court. Crow Moeers claimed she deliberately mixed the drugs into the drink on July 18th, then waited hours before calling emergency services on July 19th. When they arrived, Jonathan had clear signs he'd been dead for a while, and she skipped CPR citing a bad back. Family dynamics paint a messy picture. Jonathan's struggle with drugs had a robbery charge and permanent injuries from a car crash. He co-owned the family home with his sister, Tara, but Marie wasn't on the title despite

1:03contributing cash. Tensions ran high over money, with prosecutors saying she saw him as a financial drain. Tara said to testify that she held her mom twice. Once crushing pills into a milkshake, then watching the fatal smoothie prep to mass the smell. She's got immunity from charges thanks to the Queensland Attorney General. But the defense questions her story, saying it surfaced over two years. Later, defense paints Marie as a mom, enduring a violent suicidal addict's son, urging jurors to wait if Jonathan overdosed himself or accidentally. With the triple-zero call already played, the big question hangs on Tara's credibility as the trial rolls on.