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Stephanie Gardiner

Grandma on murder charges to use mental health defence

Max and Sam Johnson were found dead in their home on the outskirts of Coonabarabran. (HANDOUT/KODI BRADY)

Mental health will be the central issue in the case of a woman accused of murdering her two young grandsons in their rural home.

Kathleen Joyce Heggs, 66, has been charged with two counts of domestic violence murder over the deaths of Max and Sam Johnson, aged seven and six.

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