On August 24, 1989 Roseanne Beckett (then Roseanne Catt) was arrested in the NSW north coast town of Taree and charged with attempted poisoning, conspiracy to murder and seven other offences against her former husband, mechanic Barry Catt. She was described as “evil and manipulative woman” and served nearly all of a 12-year sentence before being released in 2001 after new evidence revealed police had planted a gun in her bedroom.