Barbara Eckersley arrives at the supreme court in Goulburn. She is on trial for allegedly murdering her mother Mary White at an aged care home in August 2018.
Photograph: Louise Thrower/AAP
The husband of a woman accused of murdering her elderly mother was shocked and confused after learning his wife had put drugs in her food, a New South Wales court has heard.
Barbara Eckersley, 68, is on trial in the NSW supreme court for allegedly murdering her mother, the famed environmentalist Dr Mary White, at an aged care home in August 2018.
Eckersley denies murdering her mother who had severe dementia and other health conditions.