Woman has been accused of spiking her husband’s meatballs
A WOMAN has been accused of spiking her husband’s meatballs with 75 sleeping pills and injecting him with a lethal concoction.
A MELBOURNE woman accused of spiking her husband’s meatballs with 75 sleeping pills before injecting him with a concoction of brake fluid and weed killer has been released on bail.
Joanne DeBono, 54, of Gowanbrae, appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Monday on charges of attempting to murder Stephen DeBono and causing him serious injury.
DeBono and her husband had been together for 25 years, during which time she alleges she was subjected to continual abuse and threatening behaviour.
On March 12, DeBono crushed up about 75 temazepam pills she had purchased from three separate pharmacies, mixed them with her husband’s meatball dinner and watched him eat the entire meal, the court heard on Monday.
Mr DeBono, who was feeling groggy, then went to lie down, Detective Acting Sergeant James Marsden told DeBono’s bail application.
Around 10pm, DeBono went to the garage where she mixed brake fluid, metal lubricant and weed killer and filled one of Mr DeBono’s hyperaemic needles, Sgt Marsden said.
She went into the bedroom where she injected her husband with two millilitres of the cocktail before he woke up and asked what she was doing.
Fearing for her safety, DeBono fled the house.
DeBono and her daughter went to the Fawkner police station where DeBono confessed to injecting her husband with the cocktail, Sgt Marsden said.
Police subsequently found Mr DeBono still in bed. He was rushed to hospital.
A police search of the home found empty temazepam packets, a syringe containing liquid, a mixing bowl, bottles of brake fluid, weed killer and the heavyweight lubricant penetrene.
Police also found a mobile phone belonging to the couple’s daughter which contained numerous voice recordings of Mr DeBono making threats to DeBono, according to court documents.
A doctor at the Royal Melbourne Hospital told police Mr DeBono had not sustained significant injuries but was very angry at his wife.
Mr DeBono allegedly told doctors and nurses at the hospital on March 13 that when he was released he would kill “everyone who did this to him”.
DeBono was granted bail.