Brisbane woman who gave lethal medication to terminally ill husband released on bail after murder charge
Summary
A Brisbane woman, Kylie Ellina Truswell-Mobbs, who gave lethal medication to her terminally ill husband with motor neurone disease, has been released on bail after being charged with murder. She is set to stand trial for his death, which occurred at their home in December 2023.Key Facts
- Kylie Truswell-Mobbs is charged with murdering her 56-year-old husband, David Ronald Mobbs.
- David Mobbs was suffering from motor neurone disease, a serious neurological illness, diagnosed in April 2023.
- His condition worsened quickly, leaving him bedridden and unable to speak by December 2023.
- Mobbs told family he would not want to live if he became unable to use the toilet and faced severe loss of dignity.
- Truswell-Mobbs admitted to injecting a lethal mixture of medications into her husband’s feeding tube.
- A palliative care team had advised the family on options for managing pain and allowing a natural death or applying for voluntary assisted dying, which would take time.
- Truswell-Mobbs was denied bail in April 2025 but was granted bail recently due to new evidence and changes in circumstances.
- She must not live with or discuss the case with her sons, who are witnesses, and is due to face trial in Brisbane Supreme Court.
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