Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
68/100
ABC News (AU)'s corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
2
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
In short:
A woman previously cleared of murdering two of her adult children has been convicted on a fraud offence.
asserted
woman → clear → offence
With time served, she will not spend any further time in custody.
asserted
she → serve → custody
The judge told the court Crabtree was involved in "sustained dishonesty" offences including social security fraud.
asserted
Crabtree → tell → fraud
A Gold Coast woman previously cleared of murdering two of her adult children will not spend any further time in custody for "sustained dishonesty" offences including social security fraud.
asserted
woman → clear → fraud
Maree Mavis Crabtree was arrested in 2018 and charged over the deaths of Jonathan Crabtree in 2017 and Erin Crabtree in 2012.
asserted
Crabtree → arrest → 2012
She was also charged with several fraud offences, some of which were related to claims on their life insurance.
uncertain
some → charge → insurance
It had been alleged at the time she gave each child, who were aged 18 and 26, fatal drinks laced with prescription pain medication.
asserted
who → allege → medication
Crabtee, who always denied involvement in the deaths, was acquitted of her son's murder and associated fraud charges after a Supreme Court trial earlier this year.
asserted
who → deny → trial
A month later prosecutors dropped the remaining murder charge and several fraud offences relating to her daughter.
asserted
prosecutors → drop → daughter
On Tuesday she pleaded guilty in the Brisbane District Court to three outstanding charges, including one count of fraud and two counts of obtaining financial advantage by deception from the commonwealth.
asserted
she → plead → commonwealth
The court heard between 2017 and just before her arrest, she fraudulently received $12,000 in government payments for another daughter who was no longer in her care.
asserted
who → hear → care
Between 2010 and 2015, she also fraudulently received $140,000 from a New South Wales support service, the court heard.
asserted
court → receive → service
Crown prosecutor Zachary Kaplan told the court, in relation to the fraud offence, she repeatedly lied to the organisation and told them she was still living in Muswellbrook when she had moved to Queensland.
asserted
she → tell → Queensland
"[Crabtree] was reimbursing things to fund her lifestyle," she said.
asserted
she → reimburse → lifestyle
The court heard Crabtree had a limited and dated criminal history, but it was relevant offending.
asserted
it → hear → history
In 1999, the court heard she was sentenced for making false representations to Sutherland police, about crimes being committed against her which had been fabricated.
asserted
which → hear → her
She was also sentenced in 2010 for stealing cattle in Muswellbrook.
asserted
She → sentence → Muswellbrook
Her lawyer Amelia Anderson told the court her client had spent six years in pre-sentence custody which was "quite an onerous" period for her.
"She has had to deal with being charged with the murder of her other two children and grieve their loss while she's been in custody," she said.
asserted
she → tell → custody
Judge David Kent told the court her offending was serious and involved "sustained dishonesty".
asserted
offending → tell → dishonesty
He said Crabtree had "kept up this facade" in order to receive benefits she knew she was not entitled to.
asserted
she → say → benefits
"You took steps to maintain the false address provided."
Crabtree was sentenced to one month each for the commonwealth charges, to be served concurrently, and ordered to repay the $12,000.
For the fraud, she was convicted but not further punished.
asserted
she → take → fraud
With time already served taken into consideration, Crabtree was free to leave court.
asserted
Crabtree → serve → court
The Aporia
