Lesley Martin found guilty of trying to kill mother with morphine

5.40pm

Former nurse Lesley Martin was found guilty today of attempting to murder her mother Joy Martin by injecting her with 60mg of morphine, but not guilty of attempting to suffocate her with a pillow.

The High Court jury in Wanganui returned the verdicts late this afternoon, nearly six hours after retiring to deliberate.

Martin, a pro-euthanasia campaigner, denied both counts of trying to kill Mrs Martin in May 1999.

- NZPA