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[Music] ever since she was a little girl maria cinque had always dreamed of starting a family of her own her wish
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was fulfilled on june 11 1971 when she gave birth to her first child a boy named Giuseppe he inherited his name
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from his grandfather but was known to friends and family as Joe Maria and her husband de Nino who were both Italian
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immigrants were besotted with the Joe describing him as the most beautiful baby they had ever seen four years later
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Maria gave birth to their second child a boy named Anthony the family of four lived in a neat two-story red brick
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house in New Castle a harbor city on Australia's East Coast 160 kilometers north from sydney maria
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Antonino relished the constant buzz of activity their sons contributed around to their household and looked forward to
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which evening when the family would gather for dinner at the kitchen table and share stories about their day the
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walls of the Cinque home were adorned with family photos and trophies Joe was a natural athlete and spent his school
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years playing every sport he could including tennis cricket and soccer he was popular amongst his classmates
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well-liked by his teachers and maintained good grades he intended to study architecture at
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university but by the time he graduated from high school he decided he didn't want a career that would keep him inside
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all day and switched to civil engineering instead in November 1994 at the age of 24 Joe completed his
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engineering degree and celebrated the milestone by traveling through Europe for two months upon his return to
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Australia he resumed to living at home with his parents he started work as a project manager for the same civil
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engineering company where his father and grandfather were employed earning a reputation as a hard-working and
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dependable person in his spare time he played sports went to the gym and socialized with people naturally drawn
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to his easygoing attitude and sense of humor at the beginning of 1995 Joe joined his mates for a night out at a
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club in town called the brewery there he met 22 year old Anu Singh she had just completed a Bachelor of
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economics at the Australian National University in Canberra and had returned to Newcastle to spend the summer with
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her family Anu was born in the Punjab region of India that had relocated to Australia with her parents when she was
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two years old both her mother and father were medical practitioners and Anu was the eldest of their two children she was
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well-spoken intelligent and excelled academically but was also known to behave questionably at times
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although she had a long-term boyfriend Anu hit it off with the Jo and the pair commenced the romantic fling when she
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returned to Canberra her boyfriend Simon found out about her infidelity and ended
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their relationship following the break-up Anu began seeing Joe again on a casual basis in mid-1996 they entered a
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long distance relationship while Anu returned to study law rec cambers australian national university 450
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kilometres south of Newcastle the couple initially kept their relationship a secret from the news parents who wanted
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her to remain single while she completed her studies Joe told his family that if
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the Singh's ever called their house wanting to know who he was they should say he was a friend of a news brother he
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was completely smitten with Anu and prioritized her above all else racking up expensive phone bills by calling her
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up to 15 times a day every Friday afternoon he made the five and a half hour drive to see her returning home in
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the early hours of Monday morning to begin work at 9:00 a.m. Anu had several ongoing health problems
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and if she was unwell Joe would sometimes leave work in the middle of the week and fly to Canberra to take
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care of her Maria and Denis no cinque noticed the distinct change in their son's behavior after he started dating
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Anu according to the book Joe [ __ ] weighs consolation by journalist Helen gana Maria warned Joe not to let Anu
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control him to which he replied don't make me choose I love you but she needs me in September
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1996 Joe permanently relocated to Canberra to live with Anu the couple moved into a semi-detached
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brick townhouse on the busy tree-lined thoroughfare event or Street in the suburb of Donna for kilometres from a
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news University they had grand plans for their future and opened a joint bank account called a new one to Joe's
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marriage account in November Anu finished her studies for the year and - the couple spent three weeks in
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Newcastle staying with the Joe's parents Maria Cinque described anew as the perfect houseguest but deep down she had
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an instinctive feeling that Anu was not right for her son [Music] [Music] before Anu entered a relationship with
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the Jo she had been left the devastated by her breakup with Salman she was particularly hurt by a claim he made
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that she was quote intellectually inferior the comment had a profound impact on the headstrong and knew who
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had a tendency to look down on those Sri deemed too stupid and it marked a dramatic turning point in her behavior
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she started experimenting with amphetamines and obsessed over her physical appearance spending hours at
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the gym to maintain her figure by late 1995 Anu had developed bulimia an eating disorder characterized by binge eating
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episodes followed by self induced vomiting fasting and to the misuse of laxatives and diuretics she spiraled
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into a deep depression and moved back in with her parents who were deeply concerned by her behavior
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she only consumed soft drinks and the occasional chocolate biscuit and two begged her father to pay for her to get
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liposuction he encouraged her to seek professional help but she refused to admit that she was suffering Jo was
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aware of the struggles the knew was facing and supported her wholeheartedly as a caretaking role came naturally to
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him when he was 8 years old his family was involved in a serious car accident Maria
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suffered a debilitating foot injury and yong-jo stepped up to help with the household chores despite being told it
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was a doctor's responsibility to help Anu Jo continued to take care of her calling her more than a dozen times per
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day visiting her whenever she requested and eventually moving to Canberra to live with her with the Jo by her side a
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news condition showed no signs of improvement by 1997 she became completely fixated on
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her health and complained about a range of physical symptoms including aching legs hot flushes and chronic fatigue she
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withdrew from social events and rarely attended her university lectures when she did classmates noted she looked
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uncharacteristically disheveled she told a friend there was something wrong with
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her metabolism and her muscles were being eaten away but doctors couldn't find anything wrong and diagnosed her
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issues as purely psychological a new maintained there was nothing wrong with her mind and it was only her body that
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had problems at one stage her mother found her frantically pacing her room in tears saying things were crawling under
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her skin and it felt like her head was attached to someone else's body following this incident Anu agreed to
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see a psychiatrist who referred her to another doctor but she never followed through with the appointment in March
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1997 a new approach to Maria Cinque hoping she would understand her ongoing health issues given Maria's own
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experience following the car accident Anu was anxiously pacing and fidgeting leading Maria to wonder whether she was
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going through drug withdrawals months later Anu was convinced she had contracted AIDS she told a friend it was
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unfair that Jo was unaffected by the disease and that she planned to put her infected blood on his toothbrush when
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the results of her AIDS test came back in negative Anu considered the possibility that she had a crippling
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nervous system condition like multiple sclerosis or peripheral neuropathy she showered up to seven times a day and
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told her father that she thought she was going to die her mother contacted a mental health crisis team and tried to
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have a new admitted for treatment but as she was considered a danger to herself or others
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they couldn't admit her without her permission a new blamed her undiagnosed condition or night the CAC syrup a vomit
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inducing medication Jo had once mentioned it during a conversation about how supermodels were able to control
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their appetites although he refused to talk to her about it any further she resented him very nad vertically
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introducing her to the medication which she used to maintain her weight in late May
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Anu told a friend she hated Jo and wanted to go on a rampage to kill him her ex-boyfriend Simon and all the
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incompetent doctors she had seen she added quote I studied psychiatric text and it wouldn't be too hard to convince
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someone you're insane the next month she visited cambers national library with her closest friend fellow law student
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Madhavi rao like Anu Madhavi had high achieving Indian parents and excelled academically but was the quieter more
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studious of the pair they sourced the book written by the hemlock society an American organization that advocated an
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individual's right to die it contained information on assisted suicide and relevant legislation surrounding the
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issue and the pair photocopied various pages undone flater Anu asked the friend if he could help
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her obtain a gun telling him she was suffering from permanent neurological damage and wanted to end her life
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a week later the same friend spotted a new sitting in her car in the city and she told him she was trying to buy a gun
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thinking she was joking he playfully warned her she was going to get ripped off shortly after Anu told another
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classmate that she was sick and wanted to die she had been studying methods of suicide and decided a gunshot wound was
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preferable and asked for help to buy a firearm her classmate thought their conversation was quote too silly for
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words and didn't think she was being serious even when she phoned him days later asking if he had any luck getting
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one that same month Anu told another acquaintance about her plans to use a gun to end her life they
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advised that an intentional heroin overdose would be a much better way to die a new organised to sell a large
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collection of her clothes at 1 or 2 dollars per item telling her father she no longer needed them as she never went
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out she also started giving away her CDs cleaning she no longer listened to them
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her parents reached out to the mental health crisis team again this time submitting an application to have a new
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hospitalised against her will but before any action could be taken the application had to be approved by a
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magistrate and it was scheduled for review in due course in late August of 1997 Anu inquired with a known drug user on
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campus about the logistics of overdosing on heroin he explained that in excess quantities
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heroin causes a user to stop breathing and die a painless death within minutes he believed the 150 dollars worth of the
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illicit substance would be enough to cause a recreational user to overdose a week later
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a new called him wanting to buy half a gram of heroin she arrived at his house with her friend Madhavi soon after and
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exchanged 250 dollars for the drug the two women were shown how to prepare a hit and were both injected for the first
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time a month later they attempted to shoot up on their own but couldn't find the right veins so they invited another
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of their friends over to read Eman straight the injection process on Tuesday September 23 Anu made an
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appointment with the university counselor to discuss her relationship with the Jurchen way she divulged that
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the two were verbally and physically abusive to one another and she wanted to end the relationship but couldn't as her
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medical condition meant she was financially and emotionally dependent on him weeks later
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Anu purchased another gram of heroin the dealer questioned why she needed so much
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- which Anu responded someone's coming with me when asked if she intended to end her
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own life Anu said yes but refused to reveal who the other participant in her suicide pact was
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on Sunday October 19 Joe visited his parents in Newcastle and told them he and Anu were hosting a dinner party the
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following evening he asked if his mother had any meals prepared that he could serve his guests
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Maria offered to cook something up but Joe told her not to worry about it and decided to pick up some fried chicken
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instead the dinner party went ahead on Monday October 20 Marta he was invited and brought along another friend Olivia
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who had never met Joe were Anu before prior to the dinner Madhavi showed Olivia a needle mark in her arm
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explaining that Anu had been injecting her with heroin to practice for her own suicide she revealed that the dinner was
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a final send off as Anu was planning to end her and two Joe's lives that night when the two women arrived at the ant or
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Street town house Anu told them she had prepared a way more food than was necessary for their small group of
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guests the suburb they lived in was home to many other University students so she
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told Madhavi and Olivia to Dornoch the area to see if anyone else wanted to join them by then rumours of a news
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intentions had spread spurring other students some of whom were total strangers to attend to the party out of
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morbid curiosity Anu acted a loving and happy towards her boyfriend and didn't appear suicidal leading the group to
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suspect her plan had never been serious the party ended without incident Madhavi drove several of the guests home
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telling them the suicide plot was going ahead or later that night her passengers
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asked if they should seek medical help but not if he ordered them not to do a thing they were still uncertain if the
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entire scenario was a joke but ultimately decided that it was a news choice who she wanted to end her own
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life and doctored not get involved meanwhile Anu had crushed some sedatives and sprinkled them into
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Joe's drink causing him to drift off to sleep she then fetched a pre-prepared syringe
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full of heroin and tried to inject it into him but he was Restless and she struggled to find to the right vein the
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liquid congealed rendering it useless Joe woke up the following morning and went to work
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seemingly unaware of what Anu had attempted the night before a new contacted madhavi and told her what she
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had done the day after the dinner party Madhavi went to the community and health
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services Complaints Commission where she was undertaking work experience for her
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law degree she told two colleagues that something really serious had happened the night
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before and was paranoid the police were after her when they asked what had happened
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Madhavi told them it was quote the major crime of the century it's got to do with
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revenge it's the worst thing in the Crimes Act after her first attempt to kill Joe had failed
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Anu asked one of her heroin user friends the source rohypnol a tranquilizing drug
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almost 10 times more potent than valium the sedative was often prescribed to help overcome heroin addiction and the
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friend had no problem obtaining a prescription from her general practitioner Anu obtained 15 rohypnol
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tablets and was told that when paired with heroin only one tablet was needed to render a person unconscious
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unbeknownst to Joe Anu scheduled a second dinner party for the following Friday night of October 24
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once again telling guests that she intended to take her and to Joe's lives afterwards when the evening arrived Joe
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returned home from work to discover his house was filled with people although he
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seemed surprised he was a gracious and sociable host welcoming guests and speaking excitedly about his new car and
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upcoming plans to holiday in Queensland there were mixed reactions among the guests Mahdavi had told her friend
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Olivia that the suicide plot was going ahead for real this time but Olivia dismissed her by saying
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people who were going to do this sort of thing don't just talk about it they go ahead and do it but Madhavi was certain
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telling colleagues and classmates beforehand that there was nothing she could do to stop it another guest
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thought the story was so absurd that it couldn't possibly be true while others wrote it off as another of
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a news dramatic attention-seeking stories they showed up regardless curious to see what would unfold Joe was
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happy and affectionate towards Anu who was noticeably vivacious and bubbly when a friend inquired about her good mood
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Anu said she had consumed a few drinks and taken some rohypnol the party continued without incident into the
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early hours the group discussed plans to visit a casino but the idea didn't go ahead and people started heading home
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eventually everyone left except Mahdavi at 6:00 the following morning Madhavi arrived home and told a friend who had
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spent the night there that Anu had put 10 rohypnol tablets into Joe's coffee and tried to inject him with a lethal
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dose of heroin she explained quote it didn't work it's amazing it wasn't his time to go when
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asked why Anu was trying to hurt Joe Madhavi stated Joe's the problem she wants to take Joe with her it's because
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she blames him for condition after consulting with her friend Madhavi decided she wasn't going to have
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any further involvement in a news plan as the day continued word of a news persistent efforts to kill Joe spread
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throughout their Friendship Circle one friend threatened to contact the police but a new found out and talked her out
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of it reassuring she would never do anything to hurt Joe saying we're engaged to be married you could ruin
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this for all of us Anu had a flair for drama and many of her friends were familiar with her
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grandiose stories of illness and suicide and as she had never gone through with self-harm most remained convinced this
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was just another of her tell tales Anu admitted to those concerned that she had a given Joe three rohypnol tablets but
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insisted it was only to make sure he was asleep while she ended her own life she
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convinced them that Joe was not in any danger and that she was going to confess to him about spiking his drink in turn
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the others agreed to let it go at 10:19 that evening a new called a friend named
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delenn who had attended the second dinner party Len was fully aware of a new sinister plans but had quashed the
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concerns of others by expressing his opinion that the whole story was just a cry for attention he's answering machine
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recorded part of their conversation as a new enquired how strong rohypnol was she
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explained that Joe had slept for around 15 hours straight and was now groggy and
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struggling to keep his eyes open she was worried about what she had done but Len
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reassured her that she wouldn't have caused any long-term damage Joe then took the phone from his girlfriend and
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said to LAN hey mate my mind is 100% functional my body just wants to sleep like crazy that
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or she's worried for nothing shortly after midnight a newfound another friend wanting to know if it was possible to
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shoot heroin into your legs sore the back of your arms the following morning of Sunday October
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26 1997 a new visited Madhavi and told her that Joe wasn't breathing and she needed money to buy heroin to take her
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own life the pair drove to an ATM where Madhavi gave a new 250 dollars cash before walking home alone at 9:00 a.m. a
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new arrived to her dealers house and purchased half a gram of heroin wala was being prepared in a syringe for her she
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paced back and forth repeatedly saying today's the day between nine thirteen and two 9:40 a.m. a new phone to my TV's
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several times during one call a house maid overheard Madhavi telling Anu to leave her alone but she eventually caved
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and told her new to come and pick her up soon after the pair were witnessed having a heated conversation outside
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amar Davies home with a new appearing to be very distressed approximately two hours later Marta V visited a LAN and
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informed him that after Joe awoke from his rohypnol induced sleep the night before he told her knew he was going to
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leave her Marta be then explained a new tried to kill Joe last night with heroin she
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injected him with heroin up until this point Len had been convinced the situation was a fanciful cloy and was
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shocked to hear Anu had gone through with her plan he suggested they call the news parents to tell them what happened
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in case she laid a claim to Joe had taken the overdose himself concerned that a new may turn up at his house to
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seek their help Len and Madhavi went for a drive during which murder he admitted
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she had visited 79n tor street earlier that morning and witnessed to Joe unconscious on the bed
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he had still been breathing but his skin was pale and his lips had turned blue as
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midday approached a new phone to the friend who had helped her obtain rohypnol screaming frantically she asked
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what the best course of action was for someone who had taken a heroin overdose she was advised to call an ambulance but
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Anu responded I can he doesn't know he'll be furious she reported that Joe was taking one breath every 10 seconds
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and was told to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation Anu put the phone down and returned a
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few seconds later to report that Joe was vomiting black liquid her friend repeatedly told her to call an ambulance
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but Anu responded it's too late he's gone anyway her friend warned her that if she didn't
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call the paramedics she could have a murder charge on her hands at this point Anu disconnected their call at 12:10
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p.m. she placed a call to the emergency services hotline requesting ambulance assistance to treat a potential heroin
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overdose she was hysterical and evasive and refused to answer the dispatchers repeated requests for her address Anu
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finally gave the address of 30 in TOR Street before changing it to number 79 the dispatcher urged her to calm down
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when asked for her name Anu repeatedly replied Olivia between sobs and profanities
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the dispatcher instructed her to provide mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to the victim but a new explained there was too
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much blood coming out of his mouth and his teeth wouldn't open she pleaded what am i doing he'll be all right won't he
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Oh God I can't I can't although the ambulance dispatch station was only one kilometer
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from Joe when two News townhouse on antal Street it took paramedics eight minutes to arrive due to the evasive
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answers she gave to the emergency hotline when they arrived Anu ran onto the street and waved them
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down for dark hair was in a loose bun and her white dress was streaked with brown stains she directed them inside
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and into a bedroom where Joe was lying diagonally across the bed naked from the waist down his stomach was bloated and
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dark brown vomit was caked around his mouth despite the paramedics efforts he could
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not be resuscitated a new bag to them to keep trying throwing herself on Joe's body and sobbing you have to bring him
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back it wasn't supposed to happen this way we were supposed to go together police were summoned to the scene where
00:32:22
they found a new rocking back and forth cradling Joe's body they physically removed her from the bedroom and
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commenced questioning during which Anu explained that she had given Joe for rohypnol tablets and had also taken some
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herself she then injected herself and Joe with heroin saying I just kept pumping it into him to put him to sleep
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so he wouldn't be awake when I killed myself a new Singh was promptly placed under
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arrest for murder and taken into custody the Cinque family were informed of Jo's
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asphyxiation while under the influence of heroin and rohypnol both of which were respiratory depressants the typical
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concentration of heroin found in the body of an overdose victim was between 0.2 and 0.5 milligrams per liter and -
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the amount in Joe's system was 0.67 milligrams per liter the police seized the Joe's daily planner and discovered
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he had entered an appointment for 2:00 p.m. on Monday October 27 two days after the second dinner party which read get
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ready to move he had drawn an arrow to 6:00 p.m. riding alongside it move urgent today when the Cinque is visited
00:39:01
Joe's house following his death that were unable to find any of his luggage this coupled with the diary entry led
00:39:09
them to believe that Joe had intended to leave a new police executed a search warrant at the
00:39:16
home of a News best friend Madhavi Rael in her bedroom they found a packet of rohypnol used syringe packs
00:39:24
alcohol swabs and several pamphlets about drugs veins and arteries they also found her news torn up diary
00:39:33
in her rubbish bin Madhavi was taken to the police station and for her involvement in the crime was
00:39:41
also charged with the murder of Joe Cinque along with attempted murder unlawful and felonious slaying and
00:39:48
administering a stupefying drug in response to the charges Madhavi said I tried at every stage to
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intercede three days later her parents secured her $100,000 bail and she was released on the condition that she
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remained under their supervision at their home in Sydney Anu and Madhavi were scheduled to be tried together a
00:40:15
year later with a new held in custody while awaiting trial from the remand Center where she was incarcerated she
00:40:24
found a friend and to request that he bring her all the relevant High Court cases where the defendant had
00:40:29
successfully pleaded not guilty due to reasons of insanity the duo's joint trial commenced the
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Canberra Supreme Court on Tuesday October 6 1998 before justice can crispin a new pleaded not guilty to
00:40:47
Joe's murder for reason of diminished responsibility this meant she accepted she had broken the law but should not be
00:40:55
held criminally liable as her mental functioning was impaired when the crime occurred she claimed she was suffering
00:41:02
from untreated borderline personality disorder and major depressive disorder which was characterized by
00:41:09
self-destructive behavior explosive anger self-harm distorted self-image unstable relationships fear of
00:41:17
abandonment chronic feelings of emptiness and having a false sense of reality the friend who had supplied Anu with the
00:41:26
heroin she used to kill Joe was granted immunity in exchange for providing evidence against the two accused in
00:41:33
court numerous witnesses testified to knowing about a news plans to carry out a murder-suicide and said that Mahdavi
00:41:41
had assisted her the defense team tried to use these admissions against the witnesses by questioning why they didn't
00:41:49
intervene and to many struggled to offer an explanation during the fourth week of
00:41:57
the trial it became apparent to Justice crispin that the evidence accumulating against the new would likely cause
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unfair prejudice against her co-accused he terminated the proceedings ordering Anu and Madhavi to face separate trials
00:42:12
at a later date the prosecution then offered a new the option of pleading guilty to manslaughter in exchange for a
00:42:20
reduced sentence but she refused maintaining her innocence while awaiting her second trial a letter written by Anu
00:42:30
was seized from her locker it began I have decided to write down how this happened to get it clear in my mind also
00:42:41
she went on to describe all of the events that led to Joe's death starting from when she and D'Amato he visited the
00:42:49
library to photocopy information about suicide she said she had initially intended to end her own life but after
00:42:57
reading stories about partners who remarried a year or two after the suicide of a loved one she decided it
00:43:04
was only fair that Joe died with her from then all she thought about was death a new road
00:43:13
didn't I think at the time that these friends of mine were helping me to die didn't I stop and to think then that Joe
00:43:21
was helping me to live no I felt compelled to do it because I thought everyone was against
00:43:29
me and only cared if Joe died or not then I wasn't sure whether to call the ambulance
00:43:36
because Madhavi said if you called the ambulance he will leave you and put you in an institution in another letter
00:43:44
addressed to her mother a new road the most wonderful man in the world loved me so much would have made a perfect
00:43:53
husband and father ruined perfect life ruined now everyone is better off than me when I had at all
00:44:03
I bet everyone is laughing at me now because of my own utter stupidity and selfishness you must start preparing for
00:44:11
my death now my life is over I made the wrong choice when so many others were available at the time worked
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with the druggies rather than Joe should have protected him and too worked with him now so many lives are ruined I wish
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these druggies were dead and not Joe not Joe mum please not Joe a new solo trial commenced on Monday
00:44:45
March 22 1999 this time there was no jury present and she was tried by judge alone in support of a news plea of not
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guilty forensic psychologist dr. Kenneth Bern testified he stated that Anu had been suffering from severe depression
00:45:05
and a borderline personality disorder since her teens and was lost in a delusional world where she truly
00:45:11
believed she was going to die from a degenerative disease his diagnosis was bolstered by professor of forensic
00:45:20
psychology Paul Mullen who said that Anu was suffering from a significant depressive illness throughout 1997 which
00:45:28
culminated in Joe Ching quays death consultant psychiatrist to dr. Fatma Loden who had spent an extended period
00:45:37
of time speaking with Anu in custody also supported this diagnosis adding that a news personality disorder was
00:45:45
exacerbated by her bulimia and substance abuse had she accepted treatment earlier
00:45:51
dr. Loudoun believed a news mental state would have improved dramatically she recommended the accused be spared jail
00:46:00
and instead be hospitalized for up to six months to undergo psychiatric treatment followed with five years of
00:46:07
medication and seven years of psychotherapy the prosecution argued that anews actions were not impacted by
00:46:16
her mental state and that she was perfectly capable of making rational decisions at the time of Joe's death
00:46:23
this was supported by her decision to wait before calling an ambulance along with the intentionally evasive and
00:46:30
misleading answers she gave the emergency services dispatcher as though she was hindering efforts to save Joe's
00:46:37
life they argued that if Anu was as depressed the psychologists believed she would have killed herself after Joe as
00:46:46
per her alleged plan her torn-up diary found in Mart of his rubbish bin had been painstakingly
00:46:53
pieced back together and the prosecution believed that displayed a looming vent that are against Joe they asserted the
00:47:01
entries were rational and didn't exhibit any indication of mental illness on the
00:47:06
contrary they showed that Anu was capable of developing and maintaining normal intimate relationships and
00:47:13
friendships quoting a news own statement that she had watched a Joe die and didn't save him the prosecution asked
00:47:22
why is that a psychiatric illness wasn't she just a very selfish young woman the letters penned by Anu during her
00:47:33
time in custody were used as evidence that she considered her actions deliberate selfish and wrong further
00:47:39
proving she was of rational mind various witnesses who described a new in such terms as dramatic outgoing psycho and
00:47:49
fixated stated their belief that she appeared healthy and today therefore never believed her when she said she
00:47:56
intended to kill herself the prosecution's argument was supported by psychologist dr. Michael diamond he
00:48:06
concluded that Anu was of sound mind when she murdered Joe and two that her problem lay in a lack of maturity which
00:48:13
impaired her ability to handle complex emotions control her moods and rationally resolve conflict the fact
00:48:22
that she had called a friend seeking advice to try and reverse what she had done was evidence that she wanted to
00:48:27
avoid trouble with the authorities dr. diamond quote the whole scheme with its support roles and a large cast of extras
00:48:38
had been a tremendous drama she was staging part of her narcissistic need to be taken seriously and helped she
00:48:46
derived so much gratification from being at the center of this drama that the point was not to commit suicide
00:48:55
forensic toxicologist professor Olaf drummer testified that he was not certain how often Anu had administered
00:49:03
the heroin to Joe as the level of the drug in his body was so high that it could have come from a large single dose
00:49:09
or an accumulation of smaller doses but he believed - Joe was likely given one injection at approximately 3:00 a.m. on
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Sunday October 26 1997 and - then injected again about 80 hours later explaining on an opiate naive person
00:49:29
like a Joe Cinque any fair-sized the dose of heroin would have a powerful effect and combined with rohypnol it
00:49:38
would be even more likely to kill him a victim impact statement prepared by Maria Cinque was read silently by
00:49:47
justice Crispin who didn't disclose its contents to the packed courthouse at the
00:49:54
completion of the trial justice Crispin acknowledged the profound challenged this case presented while he was
00:50:01
satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Anu intended to cause Joe's death he accepted she was suffering from quote an
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abnormality of mind that substantially impaired her mental ability making it impossible to know what she was thinking
00:50:17
at the time or what caused her to take such actions the case that captured national interest
00:50:26
and on Thursday June 24 1999 camera crews and journalists lined the staircases of the courthouse eager to
00:50:35
hear the verdict the Cinque family sat in the front row with Maria crying silently into a handkerchief the
00:50:44
proceedings had left them in a state of disbelief they were unable to accept that so many people had passively died
00:50:51
with their son knowing full well that his death was imminent and had chosen not to warn him or contact authorities
00:51:00
just as Crispin addressed the nude directly saying in the next few years you will have come to terms with the
00:51:09
fact that you killed the man you loved you have caused immense pain if you find that the moral courage you may be able
00:51:17
to rebuild from this wreckage to repay the trust people have put in you he then declared her not guilty of Jochen quays
00:51:26
murder but guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility Anu
00:51:34
Singh was sentenced to 10 years in prison with a non-parole period of four years back dated to the time of Jo's
00:51:41
death this meant she would be eligible for release in a little over two years the short sentence devastated the Cinque
00:51:51
family when justice Crispin left the courtroom Marija turned to a new and a yield this is where you belong you stay
00:52:01
forever rot in hell new [ __ ] devil she's a demon my son that's all four years how can you sleep
00:52:13
at night for years is that all my son is worth outside the courthouse Maria told the
00:52:22
gathering media that a new should have been sentenced the death by hanging Maria's outrage was echoed by the public
00:52:31
who believed the new had successfully fooled the court into getting away with murder there was widespread doubt over
00:52:39
the extent her mental illness played on her actions and many were of the opinion
00:52:43
that she would have received a much harsher sentence had she been trialed by a jury who would have had a more
00:52:50
emotional response to the case injustice Crispin's sentencing report he wrote the
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events which have led to this case have been tragic mr. Cinque was an intelligent
00:53:05
well-educated and handsome young man of 26 who was obviously devoted to the prisoner into looking forward to sharing
00:53:13
his life with her there has been no suggestion that the actions which caused his death were in any way provoked by
00:53:20
his conduct on the contrary it seems clear that he had faithfully supported the prisoner through very difficult
00:53:27
times she herself referred to him as the most wonderful man in the world yet despite
00:53:34
these qualities and he's undoubted live for her she killed him she did so deliberately her actions were
00:53:43
premeditated and involved some significant planning there were no extenuating circumstances other than her
00:53:51
own mental state and she was acquitted of murder only upon grounds of diminished responsibility
00:53:57
were it not for her diminished responsibility the crime would obviously have warranted a very heavy sentence of
00:54:05
imprisonment night of arouse judge only trial began six months later on Friday December 10
00:54:17
1999 she pleaded not guilty to the four charges against her murder attempted murder unlawful and felonious
00:54:25
slaying and administering a stupefying drug the prosecution clarified they didn't believe Madhavi had caused the
00:54:35
church inque's death but was criminally responsible for anews actions by aiding and abetting her in offenses she knew
00:54:43
were intended to end his life as Marta V was fully aware of a news plot to kill Joe they said she had failed her duty of
00:54:52
care to save him the prosecution believed Amato V was present when a new spot to judge drink with rohypnol after
00:55:01
the second dinner party and that the two women had too likely given him the first
00:55:06
injection of heroin thereafter but it failed to result in his death Marta V's defense lawyer put forward that his
00:55:15
client could not be convicted of administering a stupefying drug as it couldn't be proven what time Joe was
00:55:21
injected with the lethal dose of heroin he argued that Mart of his duty of care ended on the morning of Sunday October
00:55:29
26 when she told her new that she no longer wanted anything to do with the plan when she saw Joe Hill in his
00:55:37
bedroom she no longer had a duty of care as they were associated by friendship only and - not by marriage or family
00:55:45
justice Crispin interjected asking isn't it a rather chilling concept that one could take part in a plan to kill
00:55:54
somebody go out and buy the drugs for the job and to then say simply I'm washing my hands of it now I've got no
00:56:02
responsibility let him die the defense maintained - that Marta V had no more legal culpability than a
00:56:11
complete stranger or innocent bystander numerous witnesses testified that Marta V was alarmingly passive in her
00:56:19
friendship with Anu and that she went to one healthy lengths to put best friends needs ahead of her own
00:56:25
murder he was described as warm gentle and eager to please she therefore had difficulty standing up for herself and
00:56:34
to let the far more dominant Anu take advantage of her about one stage she told a classmate I've got a friend who's
00:56:43
suicidal she smothers me a prison welfare officer testified that during madhavi's short time in custody before
00:56:53
securing bail she overheard Anu putting the pressure on Mahdavi to get their story straight
00:56:59
later Marta V confided in the welfare officer about why she went along with a news plan she explained that she had a
00:57:08
sister with a disability and would never have been able to forgive herself for abandoning Anu if she discovered she
00:57:15
really did have a serious degenerative illness according to the defense the lack of clear evidence confirming
00:57:23
exactly what had happened in the lead-up to Jo's death meant that would be unreasonable to convict their client on
00:57:29
any charges on Friday December 20 justice Crispin accepted this viewpoint and declared Madhavi not guilty of all
00:57:39
four charges he concluded that although her behavior was suspicious the evidence
00:57:46
was not indisputably Demming it was undeniable she was aware that Jo was in danger but this didn't prove she shared
00:57:54
a news criminal intent or aided her in causing his death in addition justice Crispin couldn't discount the
00:58:02
possibility that Madhavi was going along with a news plan with the intention of persuading her to change her mind or was
00:58:10
too timid to intervene he also acknowledged Mahdavi may have thought the whole scheme was just another one of
00:58:17
the news melodramatic plans that would never come to fruition Maria Renta Nino Cinque yelled in
00:58:26
protest and had to be escorted out of the court later that evening Nino collapsed and was rushed to
00:58:33
hospital where he underwent treatment for heart problems over Marta Bea's verdict a new sing later said it's my
00:58:43
fault entirely I was hysterical and she just loved me and wanted to help me what
00:58:50
would sending her to jail have really done would it have eased Maria and Denis knows pain anymore it seems it's
00:58:58
perpetuating sorrow on so many people her family would have suffered as my family suffered I don't put any blame on
00:59:06
Marta V a new served her sentence at the silver water Correctional Complex a maximum-security prison 20 kilometres
00:59:20
west of the Sydney CBD where she worked in the prison library intruded other inmates she underwent psychotherapy and
00:59:28
was prescribed with medication used to treat a range of mental health issues including depression anxiety and
00:59:35
obsessive compulsive disorder she was eventually transferred to the EMU Plains Correctional Centre and granted de
00:59:43
release to attend classes at the University of Sydney where she obtained a master's in criminology in October of
00:59:52
2001 she was released on parole at the age of 29 in 2004 she breached her parole conditions by smoking cannabis
01:00:01
and served an additional three months in jail in 2009 Anu was awarded a Doctorate
01:00:09
by the University of Sydney's Law Faculty after completing a thesis titled offending women toward a greater
01:00:17
understanding of women's pathways into and out of crime in Australia she has since admitted that she lied in
01:00:25
1997 when she told at university counselor that Joe had been abusive towards her in a 2004 interview with ABC
01:00:34
News she said that although Joe had expressed frustration that Anu was no longer the
01:00:39
happy and friendly person he had first met in 1995 he never indicated that he intended to leave her she discussed her
01:00:48
suicidal thoughts with him and he encouraged her to persevere with life when asked why she killed Joe
01:00:55
Anu stated there's absolutely no legitimate or rational motivation at all Anu now lives in Sydney and is in a
01:01:08
long-term relationship with a fellow inmate she met during her time on remand she accepts full responsibility for
01:01:15
Joe's death Marta V Rao changed her name and moved to the United States where she
01:01:21
lives with her husband and children many of their classmates and friends who attended the dinner parties and failed
01:01:29
to notify authorities of a news plan to murder Joe went on to practice law the townhouse on Antal Street that Anu and
01:01:39
joe shared has since been demolished to make way for a new government housing project for many years
01:01:47
Joe's childhood bedroom at his parents house in Newcastle remained untouched his single beds sat underneath a wall
01:01:55
plastered with posters and photos alongside an exercise bike O'Brien desk and a shelf piled with books the [ __ ]
01:02:04
ways are still unable to grasp why Madhavi nor any of the others had come to Joe's aid nino Cinque told ABC News
01:02:14
why you don't call the ambulance why you don't call the police when you see a person dying if you see a dog on the
01:02:22
street from a car accident you call somebody to help the bloody dog it's a man dying why you don't call the
01:02:31
ambulance Joe Cinque weighs death is often cited as an example of the bystander effect a
01:02:39
social psychological claim that individuals are less likely to help someone in need when others are present
01:02:47
filmmaker satiric dhenuka explored this theme in his 2016 movie titled church inque's consolation based on Helen
01:02:56
Garner's 2007 book of the same name he told her vice magazine the narrative is so extreme you ask yourself how could
01:03:07
this occur even with what you might know about the individuals we're talking about the execution of someone a life
01:03:15
being blacked off the face of the earth these people wanted to go to these dinner parties into their own inner
01:03:23
dialogue said this has nothing to do with me and yet the act of being spectators
01:03:29
maintained a news momentum that gave her an audience to a narcissist an audience is part of the air that they
01:03:38
breathe in 2017 a new appeared on Australian television current affairs programme Sunday night and to made a
01:03:49
public apology to the Cinque family stating there are many things people don't understand there's a lot of things
01:03:58
that have been overlooked I was suffering from a very very severe mental illness at the time if I could have
01:04:06
listened to people and sought the right sort of mental help this wouldn't have happened I would like to say to Maria
01:04:13
and Denis know that I am deeply deeply sorry for what happened and that if I could if there was any way I could turn
01:04:20
back the clock I would do so in a heartbeat in the same program maria cinque rejected the apology calling anew that
01:04:31
devil and responding don't tell me this [ __ ] you have killed the most precious thing i had in my life
01:04:40
my first son my firstborn the one that was going to carry his grandfather's name is not here anymore
01:05:03
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