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Woman 'laced her girlfriend's curry with poison snail pellets at office where they worked'

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A 43-year-old woman in Western Australia has been charged with attempting to poison her 58-year-old girlfriend by mixing snail pellets into the victim's curry at their shared workplace. The incident occurred in February when the accused allegedly stole metaldehyde, a pesticide used for slugs and snails, from a chemical storage shed and added it to the leftover curry before lunchtime. After tasting the food, the victim experienced numbness in her tongue but managed to report the poisoning to police, leading to the arrest of the accused who faces one charge of endangering another person's life, health or safety.

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A 43-year-old woman in Perth, Western Australia, has been charged with endangering the life, health, or safety of another person after allegedly lacing her colleague's curry with snail poison. The incident occurred in February when a 58-year-old woman brought curry to share at work; staff ate it during morning tea without issues. At lunchtime, the victim noticed green granules and experienced numbness on tasting it. She kept the food as evidence and reported it to police who identified the substance as snail pellets containing metaldehyde, a poisonous pesticide. The accused is scheduled to appear in court on November 5; both women were reportedly in a personal relationship.

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The alleged poisoning attempt follows the high-profile case of Erin Patterson in Australia, who was jailed for murdering three of her relatives after serving them beef Wellingtons containing poisonous mushrooms in 2023.

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2026-10-16 · Daily Mail

Woman 'laced her girlfriend's curry with poison snail pellets at office where they worked' · assertive framing

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An Australian woman has been charged after allegedly poisoning her girlfriend's curry with snail pellets at the office where they both worked. uncertain

they → charge → office

The 43-year-old is accused of slipping the pellets into her partner's lunch after allegedly breaking into a chemical storage shed. uncertain

old → accuse → shed

Western Australian police say the alleged victim, 58, had brought a container of curry to share with her colleagues at her workplace in southern Perth in February. asserted

victim → say → February

Staff ate the dish during a morning tea break without any apparent problems, police say. asserted

police → eat → problems

But when the woman returned to the staff kitchen at lunchtime to eat the leftovers, she noticed someone had tampered with the food after seeing green granules mixed into the dish. asserted

granules → return → dish

Upon tasting the curry, the woman's tongue went numb. asserted

tongue → taste → curry

She kept the food and reported it to the police. asserted

She → keep → police

Cops found the pellets contained metaldehyde, a pesticide used to kill slugs and snails. asserted

pellets → find → slugs

Detectives believe the 43-year-old woman had entered a chemical storage shed between the morning break and lunchtime, stolen snail pellets, and mixed them into the curry. asserted

woman → believe → curry

An Australian woman has been charged after allegedly poisoning her girlfriend's curry with snail pellets. uncertain

woman → charge → pellets

The blue pellets were found to contain metaldehyde, a pesticide used to kill slugs and snails. asserted

pellets → find → slugs

Police said in a statement: 'The curry had been shared among employees and consumed without issue during a morning tea break. ' asserted

curry → say → break

After the meal, the accused accessed a chemical storage shed and later entered the staff lunch room where the food was kept. asserted

food → accuse → room

'After tasting a small amount, (she) experienced numbness to her tongue.' asserted

she → taste → tongue

The two women are understood to have been in a relationship. asserted

women → understand → relationship

The 43-year-old was arrested earlier this month and has been charged with one count of endangering the life, health or safety of a person. asserted

old → arrest → person

She is due to appear in court in Perth next month. asserted

She → appear → Perth

who → allege → 2023