Raelene Polymiadis, who allegedly killed her parents, to wait at least year before decision on accessing $1.2m estate

A woman who allegedly fatally poisoned both of her parents must wait at least a year before she knows if she can access their $1.2m estate.

A woman who allegedly poisoned and killed her parents with her own insulin now wants to unfreeze her share of their estate – but will have to wait for a year for the matter to progress, a court has heard.

Raelene Polymiadis was not required to appear in the District Court on Thursday for a short hearing in which she is arguing against the Director of Public Prosecution’s move to freeze her access to her share of the money.

The matter was adjourned in order for the criminal proceedings to progress.

Ms Polymiadis, 63, of Craigmore, has yet to plead to two counts of murder over the alleged insulin poisonings of her non-diabetic parents, Brenda and Lynton Anderson, both 94, in 2022 and 2023.

Released on bail after collapsing in court cells, she was frozen out of her parents’ estate – including a $1m property and almost $200,000 cash – in October last year.

At the time, the court heard Ms Polymiadis was entitled to a quarter share of the estate.

She was rearrested in January and accused of breaching her home detention conditions with shopping trips.

Prosecutors alleged she argued with and lied to authorities about her movements, displayed an “attitude of entitlement” and made three mystery stops at a Buddhist temple.

“She tells a lie about ‘I’m going there to the chemist’ and she doesn’t go anywhere near the chemist – there’s two of them and she doesn’t even walk in front of them,” Magistrate Benjamin Sale said at the time.

“She shouldn’t have been there in the first place, let alone strolling around the shopping centre.

“It seems extraordinarily cavalier on her part.

“I don’t accept there’s any confusion, she’s on this bail agreement which she has in front of her …, she’s complying for a couple of months and then it seems as if familiarity breeds a little bit of contempt, she’s decided to do some things which aren’t within the bounds of her passes and this is the consequence.”

A police prosecutor said CCTV footage showed Mrs Polymiadis meeting with an unknown woman at the shopping centre before she gets into her car.

“Police do not know who the female, or the other person was that she was talking to at the shopping centre,” he said.

“When they had inquired with the defendant as to who that person is she has exercised her right to silence and not informed them.

“To suggest that person may or may not be a witness or something else, or somebody acting as a go-between can’t be denied or confirmed at this particular point in time.”

The matter of her access to the estate was adjourned to April next year.