Two women charged over poisoning

February 27, 2007

A 74-year-old woman and a 59-year-old woman have been charged over the fatal poisoning of an elderly man on Sydney's north shore.

The body of the 71-year-old man was found in the lounge room of a house in Cammeray on March 22 last year.

Toxicology results showed the presence of a barbiturate drug not available in Australia, police said.

A 74-year-old Lane Cove woman and a 59-year-old Cammeray woman were arrested today by detectives attached to Strike Force Kowandi, established to investigate the death.

Both were interviewed at North Sydney Police Station and charged with murder.

They were refused bail and will appear in Manly Local Court later today.