Julia DeLuney has been found guilty of murdering her 79-year-old mother, Helen Gregory, whose body was discovered in her Khandallah home in January 2024.
Prosecutors alleged DeLuney staged the scene to resemble a fall from the attic after a confrontation, possibly involving financial motives.
The jury accepted the Crown’s argument that forensic evidence and DeLuney’s suspicious actions—including disposing of items the next morning—pointed to her guilt.
Despite the defence claiming a stranger committed the crime during a brief window of absence and highlighting DNA evidence that didn’t match DeLuney, the jury was unconvinced.
It will be revealing to compare the sentence to that of a man.
Lundy by name, looney by nature…..a teacher too….
Absolute nut bar.
Lock her up for life.
Oops I meant LUNEY by name……this blimey autocorrect!
How did Polkinghorne get off? He was accused of staging his wife’s death as a suicide – not guilty.
But DeLuney was accused of staging the scene to resemble a fall from the attic – guilty!!
What’s the conclusion? She staged it all wrong?
Can we please delete the “ all woman must be believed”.