'Act of love and of despair': Barbara Eckersley spared prison time for death of elderly mother

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Updated May 25 2021 - 12:49pm, first published May 20 2021 - 12:58pm
Barbara Eckersley walked out of Goulburn Court House. Photo: Hannah Neale
Barbara Eckersley walked out of Goulburn Court House. Photo: Hannah Neale

Barbara Eckersley has avoided prison after a judge found that poisoning her elderly mother was "both an act of love, and of despair".

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Hannah Neale

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Hannah is a reporter with The Canberra Times. She is currently covering ACT courts. Hannah started as a journalist with The Southern Highland News and The Goulburn Post before moving to the ACT.

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