If you saw some strange green pellets in some curry that a coworker gave you… would you still give it a bite?
What if you were in a relationship with this person and you found out it was poison? How would you react?
A 43-year-old woman in Western Australia has been charged with ‘endangering the life, health or safety of another person’ after police allege she laced a colleague’s curry with snail poison. The incident took place in February, when the alleged victim prepared a meal for co-workers, which they shared during morning tea.
When she returned to eat the leftovers at lunch, she noticed bright green granules in the food.
She still tasted it anyway, and her tongue started to feel numb.
Detectives later identified it as snail pellets. These pellets contain ‘metaldehyde ’, a poison that can cause serious injury or even death. ‘Metaldehyde is used primarily as a molluscicide in snail and slug baits in coastal and low-lying areas. The baits are generally in the form of meal, pellets, and liquids and are placed around crops, gardens, or ornamental plants.”
– sciencedirect
Commissioner Col Blanch said:
“We’re just very thankful that the person who tasted the curry was aware of something that wasn’t quite right,” he said, according to the Seven Network.
“We’re just very thankful that the person who tasted the curry was aware of something that wasn’t quite right,” he said.
“They clearly had some early adverse effects to that.”
After months of investigation, the women went to a chemical storage shed after the curry was served, then returned to the staffroom where the curry was kept.
She is due to appear before the Armadale Magistrates Court on November 5th
