An Australian woman has been charged for allegedly putting needles inside strawberries, which sparked a national crisis and inspired a string of copycat incidents
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An Australian woman has been charged for allegedly putting sewing needles inside strawberries as part of what police say was an act of revenge.
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The act drew copycat behaviors, left a number of people hospitalized and pulled fruit from shelves around Australia, New Zealand and even Singapore.
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Following "a complex investigation," police in the state of Queensland arrested the 50-year-old Sunday afternoon local time and she now faces up to ten years in prison.
SYDNEY - An Australian woman has been charged for allegedly hiding sewing needles inside strawberries bound for supermarkets across the country in a bizarre crime that left a number of people hospitalized and sparked a string of copycat incidents.
Following “a complex investigation” involving multiple government, law enforcement and intelligence agencies, police in the eastern state of Queensland arrested the 50-year-old Sunday afternoon local time and charged her with seven counts of contamination of goods, which has a three-year imprisonment maximum penalty.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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