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Wendie-Sue Dent’s murder conviction quashed on appeal
Alleged killer Wendie-Sue Dent will face a second Supreme Court trial over allegations she poisoned her partner with prescription medication in 2015 after South Australia’s Court of Criminal Appeal quashed her murder conviction.
Key points:
- Wendie-Sue Dent was found guilty in 2020 of murdering her partner by poisoning him with prescription medication
- That finding was quashed by the criminal appeal court, which said jurors were not directed about Ms Dent’s “lies” correctly
- The three judges have ordered a retrial in the Supreme Court
The 62-year-old New South Wales woman was found guilty by a jury last year after a seven-week trial and was sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 25 years for the murder of David Lawrence at…
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