Widow offered friend $20K to make false statement ahead of farmer's murder trial

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A widow accused of killing Walcha grazier Mathew Dunbar offered a high school friend $20,000 to make a false statement in the lead up to her murder trial, a court has heard. 9News

A widow accused of killing Walcha grazier Mathew Dunbar offered a high school friend $20,000 to make a false statement in the lead up to her murder trial, a court has heard.

Following eight weeks of evidence in her murder trial, Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield reminded the jury of the letter Ms Darcy had penned during his closing address, having previously read the letter aloud to the NSW Supreme Court. "I'm going to make you a proposition and see if you can be the one to help me," Ms Darcy wrote to her friend in January 2020.

At the time of Mr Dunbar's death, on August 2, 2017, Ms Darcy told police and friends the 42-year-old had suicided using a combination of helium and drugs. Ms Darcy said she thought "the following details would be sufficient" for her friend to include in a statement to her solicitor.he wanted to die at homehe loved the kids and I, but he was convinced we would be better off without him"

 

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