Woman admits trying to kill her mother with poisoned tea, setting house on fire

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A woman has pleaded guilty to attempting to poison her mother with a cup of tea and burn her house down. The woman appeared in the Auckland High Court on Wednesday morning,…

A woman who bought her elderly mother a cup of tea spiked with round-up before lighting their Auckland house on fire later told police she wanted her mother "out of my life".

The 51-year-old, who has interim name suppression, appeared at the High Court in Auckland on Wednesday where she pleaded guilty to charges of attempting to poison with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and intentional damage.

Her mother and other family members were present in court and backed her application for restorative justice.

Court documents released to RNZ show the woman and her 83-year-old mother share a home.

On Sunday, 28 June, the woman made her mother a cup of tea and took it to her in bed before going out.

The cup was half-full of tea and half-full of the insecticide Roundup.

The woman's mother only took a sip of the tea because it tasted and smelled strange.

When the woman returned to the house, she and her mother had an argument before her mother went out shopping.

While she was out, the agreed summary of facts shows the woman used matches, paper and an accelerant to light three fires - two in the living room and one in her mother's bedroom.

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