Vic: Prosecutors wait for report on Korp death

AAP General News (Australia)
08-05-2005
Vic: Prosecutors wait for report on Korp death

Victoria's Office of Public Prosecutions will wait for a full report into the death
today of MARIA KORP, before deciding whether to charge her husband with murder.

The 50-year-old mother of two was left in a coma after her husband's lover tried to kill her.

And Mrs KORP died in The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne this morning, 10 days after doctors
stopped feeding her through a tube.

Her husband, JOE KORP has been ordered to stand trial charged with her attempted murder.

And his girlfriend, TANIA HERMAN, has been sent to prison after pleading guilty to
her attempted murder.

A public prosecutions spokesman says the office will review Mrs KORP'S medical records,
the results of an autopsy and coronial report before deciding whether to upgrade KORP'S
charge to murder.

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KEYWORD: KORP OPP (MELBOURNE)

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