Police say David Mobbs was in ‘last stages of his life’ with motor neurone disease and had been in and out of hospital before his deathElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA pensioner has been charged with murder after being accused of administering a lethal dose of prescription medication to her terminally ill partner.Kylie Ellina Truswell-Mobbs, 50, was arrested more than a year after the death of David Ronald Mobbs, 56, at Alexandra Hills, in Brisbane’s south-east, in December 2023.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading…Police say David Mobbs was in ‘last stages of his life’ with motor neurone disease and had been in and out of hospital before his deathElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA pensioner has been charged with murder after being accused of administering a lethal dose of prescription medication to her terminally ill partner.Kylie Ellina Truswell-Mobbs, 50, was arrested more than a year after the death of David Ronald Mobbs, 56, at Alexandra Hills, in Brisbane’s south-east, in December 2023.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading…
A pensioner has been charged with murder after being accused of administering a lethal dose of prescription medication to her terminally ill partner.
Kylie Ellina Truswell-Mobbs, 50, was arrested more than a year after the death of David Ronald Mobbs, 56, at Alexandra Hills, in Brisbane’s south-east, in December 2023.
Police said Mobbs was in the “last stages of his life” with motor neurone disease and had been in and out of hospital before his death.
Police will allege Truswell-Mobbs “took unlawful actions in administering lethal levels of prescription medication to accelerate” Mobbs’s death.
Motor neurone disease (MND) is a terminal nervous system disorder that rapidly damages a person’s ability to walk, talk and eat over time.
Police said on Thursday they would allege there had been preliminary discussions between Mobbs’s family around assisted dying, but that option had not been formalised.
“There is a process you need to go through with assisted dying,” Det Acting Insp Rod Watts told reporters.
“Our evidence and investigations lead us to believe it is the offence of murder and not assisted suicide.”
Police will allege toxicology and forensic tests show Mobbs had lethal levels of his prescribed pain medication in his system.
“The acceleration of death … [we allege], was limited to hours after he was administered the prescription medication, within hours he was deceased,” Watts said.
Police said Truswell-Mobbs lived with Mobbs and had been in a relationship for years but was also one of his carers along with family members and a care agency.
Watts said Truswell-Mobbs had spoken to police and investigators would claim there was a motive for the alleged murder.
But he would not disclose details of those elements of the case.
Watts said police would not claim there was any domestic violence in the alleged murder.
It had taken a long time to charge Truswell-Mobbs with murder due to the case’s complexity and forensic testing required, he said.
“These things take time,” Watts said.
Officers responded to the “suspicious death” just before 10pm on 7 December 2023.
Both Mobbs’s family and care agency had reported his death to police.
“It’s quite a traumatic experience for the family. It’s a very emotional thing. It’s a very sad story unfortunately. Police will put support in place,” Watts said.
Truswell-Mobbs was arrested on Wednesday after officers attended an Alexandra Hills address, police said.
Her case was briefly mentioned in Brisbane magistrates court on Thursday but she was not required to appear.
Her solicitor Andrew Hanlon did not apply for bail and sought an adjournment which police prosecutor, Sgt Duncan Erskine, did not oppose.
Magistrate Rosemary Gilbert adjourned the matter to 28 April and remanded Truswell-Mobbs in custody.
Defendants charged with murder in Queensland must apply for bail in the supreme court.
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