Woman Charged For Poisoning Colleague's Curry
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- Tiffanie TurnbullBBC
- Australian Associated PressThe Guardian
- Sabrina PentyDaily Mail
- Alisha Rahaman SarkarThe Independent
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An Australian woman has been charged after allegedly lacing a colleague's curry with snail poison.
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After tasting it, the alleged victim handed the meal over to detectives, who identified the substance as snail pellets containing metaldehyde, a poisonous substance.
Western Australian police say a 58-year-old woman brought a container of curry to share with colleagues at her workplace in Perth’s southern suburbs in February.
“After tasting a small amount, (she) experienced numbness to her tongue,” the police spokesperson said.
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- 15 Oct
After tasting it, the alleged victim handed the meal over to detectives, who identified the substance as snail pellets containing metaldehyde, a poisonous substance.
- 16 Oct
An Australian woman has been charged with poisoning a colleague's curry lunch with snail pellets.
Coverage 5 articles
16 Oct Australian woman charged with poisoning colleague’s curry with snail pellets
The Independent
16 Oct Woman 'laced her girlfriend's curry with poison snail pellets at office where they worked'
Daily Mail
15 Oct Woman charged after allegedly poisoning colleague’s curry lunch with snail pellets
The Guardian15 Oct Woman charged after allegedly lacing colleague's curry with snail bait
Sydney Morning Herald
15 Oct Australian woman charged with lacing colleague's curry with snail poison
BBC
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