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Jury rejects Breaking Bad poison murder plot Jury rejects Breaking Bad poison murder plot
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A woman has been acquitted of trying to poison her mother in a Breaking Bad-inspired plot.A woman has been acquitted of trying to poison her mother in a Breaking Bad-inspired plot.
Kuntal Patel, 37, had denied trying to murder her magistrate mother Meena Patel by putting abrin in her Diet Coke drink.Kuntal Patel, 37, had denied trying to murder her magistrate mother Meena Patel by putting abrin in her Diet Coke drink.
The jury found Patel guilty of acquiring a biological agent or toxin.The jury found Patel guilty of acquiring a biological agent or toxin.
Southwark Crown Court heard she had been angry with her mother, who "forbade" her from marrying her boyfriend Niraj Kakad.Southwark Crown Court heard she had been angry with her mother, who "forbade" her from marrying her boyfriend Niraj Kakad.
Patel, of Plaistow in east London, said she contacted an American poisons dealer on the "dark web" and talked about needing a "tasteless" and deadly toxin to get her mother "out of the way". Fantasised about killing
The court heard Mrs Patel was "hell-bent" on breaking up her daughter's relationship, and is said to have locked Patel in their home, and beaten and bullied her in a bid to get her to stop seeing Mr Kakad. Patel, of Plaistow in east London, said she contacted a US poisons dealer on the "dark web" and talked about needing a "tasteless" and deadly toxin to get her mother "out of the way".
The court heard Mrs Patel, who sits on the bench at Thames Magistrates' Court, was "hell-bent" on breaking up her daughter's relationship, and locked Patel in their home, beating and bullying her in a bid to get her to stop seeing Mr Kakad.
Patel, a Barclays Bank graphic designer who volunteered at the London Olympics, admitted fantasising about killing her.
She told jurors: "It was as if I was thinking through it as if I was in my own TV programme or a character in Breaking Bad. I was in a really strange place in my mind."
The two-week trial heard that Patel, who was brought up a strict Hindu, had never had a boyfriend or a Valentine's Day card, and was desperate to settle down and have children.
She struck up a relationship with Mr Kakad, who lived in Phoenix, Arizona, on the Asian dating website Shaadi.com and the pair became engaged on Thanksgiving in November 2012.
Their relationship buckled under pressure, and they broke up.
The poison was allegedly hidden in a red wax candle and delivered to London, but Patel said she "panicked" when she picked the package up and threw it away.
The jury of six men and six women deliberated for just over three hours.
Patel will be sentenced on 7 November.Patel will be sentenced on 7 November.