00:02leaving court vindicated in a case that spanned nearly a decade
00:07marie crabtree now a free woman how do you feel now that it's all said and done
00:12the 59 year old was accused of killing her son and staging it as a suicide
00:20at their maudsland home in july 2017 26 year old jonathan crabtree was found dead
00:26he'd overdosed on prescription drugs miss crabtree was arrested and in 2024 she faced a murder trial
00:34which was declared a mistrial due to fresh evidence five weeks ago she was back before
00:39a jury in brisbane in both trials it was alleged on two occasions she made her son a blended drink
00:47laced with pain medication after his death she also claimed his life insurance and was found
00:53not guilty of fraud prosecutors alleged she killed mr crabtree who was a drug addict because he was
01:00a financial burden and a horrible person to his friends and family miss crabtree's daughter a key
01:06witness in both trials testified against her mother for an alleged crime she says they both committed
01:13early in the trial it was revealed that tara crabtree had a rare immunity from prosecution
01:19granted by the state's attorney general as crabtree's lawyers told the jury they couldn't rule out she
01:25may have been solely responsible for her brother's death and was just trying to pin it on someone else
01:31they also suggested it was possible he killed himself deliberately or accidentally those arguments
01:38successfully convincing a jury she was not guilty
01:49however
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