Locals who remember the family have described her as the 'neighbour from hell', and claim they were 'harassed' by Maree Crabtree (centre) , who caused 'havoc' in the area.
Locals who remember the family have described her as the 'neighbour from hell', and claim they were 'harassed' by Maree Crabtree (centre) , who caused 'havoc' in the area.
Residents have come forward detailing what it was like living next door to Maree Crabtree, the mother accused of murdering her children and creating havoc in their small community.
Locals from McCullys Gap, north of Sydney, described Maree as the "neighbour from hell" and claim they were "harassed" by thewoman before she was run out of town.
Now Maree has been charged with the murders of her two impaired adult children - Erin, 18, and Jonathan, 26 - and the torture of another daughter, 25.
News of the Crabtrees' life in New South Wales comes as it is revealed Maree and Jonathan Crabtree partied on a Pacific islands cruise while Erin Crabtree lay dead or dying.
In September 2012 Maree took Jonathan on a cruise around the Pacific. Just three days later her daughter Erin was found dead after Jonathan asked a family friend to check on his sister.
Jonathan would "walk up and down" the boundary of the property "pretending to fire a gun". He said one day "shots were fired over the roof" of his home.
"Everywhere she went there was trouble. Maree was the neighbour from hell."
Maree is also charged with the grievous bodily harm of another relative, and armed robbery over allegedly forcing Jonathan to hold up a chemist in 2015.
Detective Inspector Mark Thompson said the 25-year-old had been abused over several years and would require "ongoing care for some time".
He said police alleged the murders were pre-meditated and financially motivated.
