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Rex Martinich

DARK SECRETS: Troubled man overdosed before alleged smoothie murder | Rare Historical Photos

Maree Mavis Crabtree is on trial accused of murdering her adult son with an overdose of painkillers. (AAP PHOTOS)

A man had an overdose and took drugs in the years prior to his mother allegedly murdering him by hiding prescription medication in a fruit smoothie, a jury has heard.

Maree Mavis Crabtree is alleged to have killed her 26-year-old son Jonathan with an overdose of painkillers on July 19, 2017 in the family's home north of the Gold Coast before making a $125,000 insurance claim.

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