A NSW jury has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of a former nurse accused of deliberatly giving two aged-care residents leathal injections of insulin. Megan Haines, 49, has pleaded not guilt to murdering Marie Darragh, 82, and Isobella Spencer, 77, in May 2014 at Ballina’s S Andrews Village. Supreme Court Justice Peter Garling finised summarising the evidence this morning before asking jurors to retire.
November 3, 2016
A former SA Health director has denied faking death threats so she could claim multiple taxpayer-funded benefits and compensation. Tabitha Lean, 40, and her husband Simon Craig Peisley, 37, are on trial in the District Court on 47 deception charges and one count of attempted deception. The court heard the husband and wife were both employed in the Aboriginal Health Service division of SA Health and Lean was the director. The prosecution alleged the couple orchestrated a “clever, sophisticated and well-executed” scam that involved fake racist threats related to their employment at SA Health. The jury heard the government department paid to relocate the couple and their three children at serviced apartments in North Adelaide, covered their medical bills and paid for interstate holidays. It heard the couple continued to receive their wages despite them deemed unable to work due to stress and a compensation payout was being negotiated. The court previously heard invisible ink was put on envelopes and paper in the couple’s apartment through a covert police operation and it later appeared on one of their threatening letters. It also heard about other physical and forensic evidence, such as fingerprints and handwriting analysis. Lean took the stand in her defence and denied she was behind the threats. She said it was a stressful and difficult period of her life.
November 3, 2016
Bupa has appointed Jan Adams to lead its New Zealand health and care business. Jan has been in the role in an acting capacity since April and has been with the business since 2015 as Director of Nursing and Quality and Risk.
November 3, 2016
Nightingales Pharmacy Byford is being asked to defend a s.773 (Application to deal with an unlawful termination dispute) launched by an ex staffer (Bauer).
November 3, 2016
An application for approval of the Prahran Mission Collective Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) is being heard by Commissioner Saunders in the Fair Work Commission at Terrace Tower 80 William Street East Sydney.
November 3, 2016
Teeth Health Life Dental is facing a s.365 (Application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal) initiated by Perrett.
November 3, 2016
A Mt Sheridan man who moved in with his elderly mother after she was diagnosed with dementia has denied he stole thousands of dollars from her account. Kevin James Singleton, 46, has pleaded not guilty to wrongly taking $237,000 from his mother Beverley Tipo’s account over two years. The Cairns District Court heard yesterday that Singleton, along with his wife and three children, moved in to care for his mother in late 2012. He was charged with fraud less than three years later when, the court heard, his brother Vernon got hold of his mother’s bank statements and saw dozens of cash withdrawals, along with transfers from her superannuation.
November 3, 2016
An application for approval of the Disability Living Incorporated Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Commissioner Saunders in the Fair Work Commission at Terrace Tower 80 William Street East Sydney.
