Now: Woman, 61, who murdered her partner by slipping him a lethal cocktail of drugs to claim his $300,000 estate has her sentencing delayed after a coronavirus scare
A NSW woman who killed her partner in Adelaide, poisoning him with a toxic cocktail of drugs including morphine, valium and tramadol, has had her sentencing delayed because of a COVID-19 scare. Wendie-Sue Dent was listed to come before the Supreme Court on Thursday for Justice Tim Stanley to fix a non-parole period over the murder of her de facto husband David Lawrence in December 2015 But the hearing was cancelled at the last minute with Dent unable to be brought to the court from an Adelaide detention facility. Wendie-Sue Dent was listed to come before the Supreme Court on Thursday for Justice Tim Stanley to fix a non-parole period over the murder of her de facto husband David Lawrence in December 2015 The Department of Correctional Services later confirmed an inmate at the facility had reported feeling unwell and in line with 'operational procedures' all people in the same area had been given a COVID-19 test and placed in isolation. The incident also prevented Thursday'