An Adelaide woman accused of murdering her 94-year-old parents by injecting them with her own insulin has been released from jail for a second time, after prosecutors withdrew a bail review.
Key points:
- Raelene Polymiadis was rearrested on Monday accused of breaching strict bail conditions
- She was allegedly seen ‘strolling around’ at Ingle Farm Shopping Centre
- The Courts Administration Authority confirmed the prosecution withdrew the application
Raelene Polymiadis, 63, was already on home detention when she was rearrested on Monday, with police alleging she had breached her strict bail conditions on five different occasions.
Ms Polymiadis’s bail agreement meant she was only allowed to leave her house for medical appointments or court appearances.
It also banned her from contacting her three siblings.
The prosecutors alleged the 63-year-old was seen “strolling around” Ingle Farm Shopping Centre in Adelaide’s north, where they claimed CCTV showed an unidentified woman entering her vehicle.
Police said Ms Polymiadis refused to disclose who the woman was when questioned.
The other four alleged breaches included sightings at locations on the Salisbury Highway.
On Monday, defence lawyer Joseph Henderson told the Adelaide Magistrate’s Court his client was seeking medical supplies for her diabetes at the shopping centre.
Despite the magistrate rejecting that claim and acknowledging the alleged breaches, he granted Ms Polymiadis bail again due to her medical condition.
The prosecution appealed the magistrate’s decision and made an application on behalf of the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to review her bail agreement in the Supreme Court.
Ms Polymiadis released from Adelaide Women’s Prison
Ms Polymiadis was remanded in custody and to face the Supreme Court within 72 hours, but today the Courts Administration Authority confirmed it was advised this morning the prosecution had withdrawn the application.
“DPP will not [be] proceeding with lodging the Supreme Court Bail Review,” it said in a statement.
A spokesperson from the Department for Correctional Services said Ms Polymiadis was released from the Adelaide Women’s Prison last night.
Ms Polymiadis has been charged with murdering her elderly parents Brenda and Lynton Anderson one year apart, with police alleging she did so by injecting them with insulin.
She was initially granted bail in the Supreme Court under special circumstances in August last year, after it was found her diabetes was not being properly managed in prison.
As part of the agreement, Ms Polymiadis also offered a $250,000 surety on her house and surrendered $50,000, while her sons also offered $310,000 bail.