Alleged poisoning murderer Raelene Polymiadis pleads guilty to failing to comply with her bail conditions

A woman who denies killing both her parents has pleaded guilty to breaching her bail – but not to making “mystery stops” at a Buddhist temple in late 2023.

An alleged parent-poisoning murderer has admitted breaching her bail – and charges she made three “mystery stops” at a Buddhist temple have been dropped.

On Thursday, Raelene Polymiadis appeared before the Adelaide Magistrates Court for a pre-trial conference on five counts of having allegedly breached her bail.

Under state law, such conferences are “not open to the public” unless a defendant enters guilty pleas to the charges and the media seek permission to attend.

Multiple media outlets applied to attend the hearing but were refused – however, court records show Ms Polymiadis entered a guilty plea, to one count, through her counsel.

Raelene Polymiadis leaves court after pleading guilty to failing to comply with her bail conditions. Picture: Sean Fewster

The records also show that, as a result of her plea, four other charges of the same offence were dropped.

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Ms Polymiadis, 63, of Craigmore, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and is listed to stand trial in June 2026 for between 12 and 14 weeks.

Those charges arise from the alleged insulin poisonings of her non-diabetic parents, both 94, in 2022 and 2023.

Her lawyers, who claimed there is “nothing similar” about the alleged murders, have flagged the possibility of separate trials for each set of accusations.

After receiving bail due to health concerns, Ms Polymiadis was rearrested and accused of having breached her release conditions five times.

Prosecutors alleged she had deviated from her pass-outs by stopping at a Buddhist temple on Salisbury Highway on December 7, 13 and 19, 2023.

Prosecutors withdrew four other counts against Ms Polymiadis. Picture: Sean Fewster

They further alleged she had also stopped at a cactus shop and at the Ingle Farm shopping centre, where she “met up with an unknown female”.

Prosecutors said those alleged breaches were representative of “many more incidents” demonstrating Ms Polymiadis’ “attitude of entitlement”.

Ms Polymiadis, who said she would fight the charges, was unsuccessful in a bid to have them postponed until the murder allegations had been resolved.

Court records, released following Thursday’s hearing, show Ms Polymiadis pleaded guilty to failing to comply with her bail agreement at Ingle Farm on December 20, 2023.

They also show the charges relating to December 7, 13 and 19 were dropped by prosecutors.

Ms Polymiadis was remanded on continuing bail to face sentencing submissions in two weeks’ time.