A mother-of-six who killed her abusive husband with a poisoned biscuit will spend at least another seven years in prison. 9News
Justice Rita Incerti described some of the acts Rebecca was subjected to as "so depraved and distressing that it is difficult to capture the horror of such abuse with words".
In an effort to stop her from ever being with someone else, she was forced to have his name tattooed 18 times across her body.In 2012 Noel moved a woman with an intellectual disability and an acquired brain injury into the family home.She made a batch of lemon biscuits and filled the icing of one with sleeping pills. She gave it to the 68-year-old with a hot Milo and he became unconscious.
During her sentencing Justice Incerti noted this was a case that required mercy but ultimately Rebecca had killed her husband with no legal reason.
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