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| A graphic designer attempted to kill her mother by putting poison in a drink in a plot inspired by US TV series Breaking Bad, a court has heard. | A graphic designer attempted to kill her mother by putting poison in a drink in a plot inspired by US TV series Breaking Bad, a court has heard. |
| Kuntal Patel, 37, denies trying to murder her "controlling and selfish" magistrate mother Meena by putting abrin in her Diet Coke drink. | Kuntal Patel, 37, denies trying to murder her "controlling and selfish" magistrate mother Meena by putting abrin in her Diet Coke drink. |
| Prosecutors said she was angry that her mother had "forbade" her from marrying her boyfriend. | Prosecutors said she was angry that her mother had "forbade" her from marrying her boyfriend. |
| Southwark Crown Court heard abrin is "much more poisonous" than Ricin. | Southwark Crown Court heard abrin is "much more poisonous" than Ricin. |
| Kuntal Patel has pleaded guilty to two counts of attempting to acquire a biological agent or toxin last December. | Kuntal Patel has pleaded guilty to two counts of attempting to acquire a biological agent or toxin last December. |
| She is alleged to have bought the poison from a site on the secretive online world known as the dark web, which allows users to be anonymous. | She is alleged to have bought the poison from a site on the secretive online world known as the dark web, which allows users to be anonymous. |
| She paid for it using the virtual currency bitcoins, jurors heard. It arrived in a wax candle. | She paid for it using the virtual currency bitcoins, jurors heard. It arrived in a wax candle. |
| The graphic designer put the poison in the bottle and watched as her mother, who sits on the bench at Thames Magistrates' Court, drank it at her home in Stratford, east London, but nothing happened. | The graphic designer put the poison in the bottle and watched as her mother, who sits on the bench at Thames Magistrates' Court, drank it at her home in Stratford, east London, but nothing happened. |
| 'Not a nice woman' | 'Not a nice woman' |
| Prosecutor Jonathan Polnay said the poison was 1,000 times less toxic if swallowed rather than inhaled or injected. | Prosecutor Jonathan Polnay said the poison was 1,000 times less toxic if swallowed rather than inhaled or injected. |
| The plot was "inspired, in part, by the US television series Breaking Bad", he said. | The plot was "inspired, in part, by the US television series Breaking Bad", he said. |
| "To the outside world, the Patels must have seemed a highly respectable and happy family" but were actually embroiled in bullying and abuse. | "To the outside world, the Patels must have seemed a highly respectable and happy family" but were actually embroiled in bullying and abuse. |
| "The evidence will show that, in private, Meena Patel - the magistrate who worked in domestic violence and race relations - was not a nice woman at all. | "The evidence will show that, in private, Meena Patel - the magistrate who worked in domestic violence and race relations - was not a nice woman at all. |
| "She would regularly use foul and abusive language, including highly racist language. She would, on occasions, be violent. | "She would regularly use foul and abusive language, including highly racist language. She would, on occasions, be violent. |
| "She was highly manipulative and controlling - she would seek to control every aspect of her daughters' lives. And worst of all, she forbade Kuntal from marrying the man she loved - Niraj Kaked. | |
| "Meena Patel was all of those things - manipulative, controlling and selfish. But she did not deserve to die." | "Meena Patel was all of those things - manipulative, controlling and selfish. But she did not deserve to die." |
| He added "When Meena forbade Kuntal from marrying Niraj, rather than bringing shame on the family by trying to marry without her consent, - something which Meena would have done her best to sabotage - Kuntal set out in a calculated and pre-meditated fashion to murder her own mother." | He added "When Meena forbade Kuntal from marrying Niraj, rather than bringing shame on the family by trying to marry without her consent, - something which Meena would have done her best to sabotage - Kuntal set out in a calculated and pre-meditated fashion to murder her own mother." |
| The court heard that her mother did not approve of her daughter's relationship, and allegedly locked her in her home, beat her, and demanded she stopped seeing Mr Kaked. | |
| Breaking Bad follows the story of chemistry teacher Walter White, who turns to cooking crystal meth with a former student after being diagnosed with cancer. | Breaking Bad follows the story of chemistry teacher Walter White, who turns to cooking crystal meth with a former student after being diagnosed with cancer. |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |