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Mistrial in Dansie wife-murder case

A mistrial has been declared in the case against Peter Rex Dansie, who has been accused of murder over the drowning death of his wheelchair-bound wife.

Helen Dansie, 66, drowned after her wheelchair toppled into a pond in the Adelaide parklands in 2017.

In the Supreme Court on Thursday Justice David Peek declared the mistrial in the judge-alone proceedings after the defence complained Dansie's right...