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Child Killer Or Grieving Mother?

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Waving her hands around in the dock and repeatedly mouthing “Yay”, Gold Coast mother Maree Crabtree couldn’t hide her glee as the judge ordered her release from jail earlier this month.

It had been six years since the 57-year-old tasted freedom after she was charged in 2018 with the murders of two of her adult children – Erin in 2012, aged 18, and Jonathan in 2017, aged 26.

Justice Peter Davis declared a mistrial after new evidence brought the testimony of the

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