Suspected nursing home murder victim Marie Darragh’s daughters have broken down in court as an account of her autopsy unfolded before the jury. Accused double-murderer Megan Jean Haines sat in the Sydney Supreme Court dock as Lismore Hospital chief surgical dresser John Hall gave evidence via video link. Mr Hall spoke about transporting Ms Darragh and Isabella Spencer’s bodies from the aged care centre on May 10, 2014, to collect samples in the hospital’s mortuary. The description brought Ms Darragh’s daughters Janet Parkinson and Charli Darragh to tears, and they removed themselves from the courtroom.

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