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Rex Martinich

'Sinister' motive in accusing mum of murder, jury told

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

A woman who says she kept lookout before her brother was lethally drugged with a smoothie could have a "sinister" motive to accuse their mother of murder, 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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