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| A woman who allegedly supplied the toxic moonshine that killed three members of an Indigenous community in western New South Wales has been charged with liquor offences. | A woman who allegedly supplied the toxic moonshine that killed three members of an Indigenous community in western New South Wales has been charged with liquor offences. |
| Sandra Boney, 40, her brother Norman Boney, 46, and her partner, Roger John Adams, 37, died in early 2015 – a string of deaths that devastated the Walli Reserve community. | Sandra Boney, 40, her brother Norman Boney, 46, and her partner, Roger John Adams, 37, died in early 2015 – a string of deaths that devastated the Walli Reserve community. |
| An inquest into their deaths, which delivered its findings two weeks ago, found the moonshine had been brewed by a local woman, Mary Miller, who owned a second-hand shop in nearby Collarenebri. | An inquest into their deaths, which delivered its findings two weeks ago, found the moonshine had been brewed by a local woman, Mary Miller, who owned a second-hand shop in nearby Collarenebri. |
| Coroner Helen Barry found the evidence led to the “overwhelming and only conclusion” that she was selling moonshine to residents of the reserve. | Coroner Helen Barry found the evidence led to the “overwhelming and only conclusion” that she was selling moonshine to residents of the reserve. |
| Barry was scathing of Miller in her findings, saying it was “impossible to disagree” with the view that she had targeted alcoholics in the reserve. | Barry was scathing of Miller in her findings, saying it was “impossible to disagree” with the view that she had targeted alcoholics in the reserve. |
| “Mary Miller was considered by many persons at Walli Reserve to be a friend,” Barry said in her judgment. | “Mary Miller was considered by many persons at Walli Reserve to be a friend,” Barry said in her judgment. |
| “That is simply not the case. Mary Miller sold for profit contaminated alcohol to vulnerable members of the community.” | “That is simply not the case. Mary Miller sold for profit contaminated alcohol to vulnerable members of the community.” |
| Police said on Thursday that they had conducted “extensive investigation into the deaths” and said a 56-year-old woman attended Collarenebri police station on Tuesday afternoon. | Police said on Thursday that they had conducted “extensive investigation into the deaths” and said a 56-year-old woman attended Collarenebri police station on Tuesday afternoon. |
| She was issued with a summons on four counts of selling liquor without a licence and three counts of opening, keeping or using a premises to sell liquor without a licence. | She was issued with a summons on four counts of selling liquor without a licence and three counts of opening, keeping or using a premises to sell liquor without a licence. |
| The case is expected to appear before the Walgett local court in late January. | The case is expected to appear before the Walgett local court in late January. |