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Rex Martinich

Unsafe firearm storage led to mother's 'tragic' death

An antique loaded rifle fired when a mother moved it at her family's sububan Brisbane home. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

A Queensland family were looking forward to lunch together when they heard their mother cry out and found her dying on the laundry floor, a court has heard.

The police initially thought Giustina Katerina Lawlor, 53, had died from a blood clot but a later scan found a bullet in her abdomen.

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