A woman was accused of trying to poison a coworker in Perth, Australia. It all happened in February after they shared a meal.
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16/10/2026
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Ua 43-year-old australian woman was accused of attempted poisoning after putting snail poison in a coworker's meal.
According to the BBC, the victim will have taken a curry meal to share with his coworkers in February. The 58 - year - old woman ended up storing the leftovers in the company fridge and ate the rest during the afternoon. However, at that time, he realized that the meal had some kind of granules. When he put a piece in his mouth to realize what it was about, he got his tongue numb.
The woman alerted the authorities and gave the contents of the luncheon to the investigators so that they could find out what was going on, and they concluded that it was poison for snails containing metaldehyde, a toxic substance.
It would also be discovered that the suspicion, whose identity was not revealed, visited a chemical storehouse before returning to the room where they had had had their meal that day. That is, after sharing that meal, the suspect went out to buy the poisonous product, having returned to the room later to put it in the leftovers of the meal.
Suspect and victim, reports The Independent, had a close relationship.
The defendant is indicted for putting her colleague's life at risk. The prosecution takes place after five months of investigation.

