Man arrested for allegedly poisoning woman’s tea with insecticide in Sydney’s southwest

A man has been arrested after he allegedly poisoned a 66-year-old woman by spiking her tea with insecticide.

The 61-year-old man is escorted to Campbelltown Local Court. Picture: NSW Police

A man has been arrested after he allegedly poisoned a 66-year-old woman by spiking her tea with insecticide in Sydney’s southwest.

The woman became seriously ill after drinking the tea at a home on Lanark Place in St Andrews, which police claim was prepared by Stephan Wagner, 61, who is known to her.

Officers from Campbelltown City Police Area Command launched Strike Force Southport in September to investigate the incident.

Investigators search a St Andrews residence as part of Strike Force Southport, launched to probe the alleged tea poisoning. Picture: NSW Police

Wagner was arrested yesterday at the St Andrews home, where police seized a bottle of insecticide for forensic testing.

He was taken to Campbelltown Police Station where he was charged with cause poison etc to be taken with intention to murder (DV), use poison etc so as to endanger life (DV), and use poison etc so as to inflict grievous bodily harm (DV).

Wagner has been refused bail to appear before Campbelltown Local Court on Wednesday.

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