Brisbane woman who gave lethal medication to terminally ill husband released on bail after murder charge

A woman who gave a lethal cocktail of medication to her husband who was dying from motor neurone disease has been granted bail after being charged with murder. Kylie Ellina Truswell‑Mobbs was granted bail on Tuesday after being charged with murdering her 56-year-old husband, who was dying from motor neurone disease. The 51-year-old has been committed to stand trial after her husband, former firefighter David Ronald Mobbs, died at their Alexandra Hills home, south-east of Brisbane , in December 2023. Justice Paul Smith previously heard Mobbs told one of his sons, Rylee Relja, he had wanted to end his life if the incurable and degenerative neurological condition reached the point where he could no longer use the toilet. Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email “David and his family were informed by medical practitioners they could not alleviate his suffering,” Smith told Brisbane supreme court. “He had communicated to others that should he reach the point of needing nappies, this incapacity and humiliation would be intolerable to him.” As part of her bail conditions, Truswell-Mobbs is unable to live or discuss evidence with her sons who are set to be witnesses at her trial. Truswell-Mobbs was denied bail in April 2025 but Smith found there had been a material change in her circumstances since a committal hearing in February had been presented with evidence favourable to her. …