A career conwoman from York who poisoned her husband with rat killer and anti-depressants has been given an indeterminate prison sentence.
Heather Mook, 58, of Heslington Road, tricked her husband John into taking the tablets and rat poison in an attempt to confuse him while she fleeced his mother of £43,000.
Judge James Spencer QC, sitting at York Crown Court, told Mook she was bei
ng given an indeterminate sentence to protect the public and she will be considered for parole only after she has served five years.
Bus driver John Mook, 60, was left confused, tired and agitated by the poisoning but later recovered from his ordeal.
Following her conviction last December, it was revealed that Mook has a previous conviction for poisoning her seven-year-old daughter in 1982.
On that occasion she crumbled an anti-depressant into the child's food.
It is believed she poisoned her husband by lacing his spaghetti bolognese with rat pellets.
She also has a string of previous convictions for dishonesty and deception - including a £5m luxury car and property scam.
Mook was found guilty of two counts of poisoning her husband so as to endanger his life.
She had already admitted less serious alternative charges, including administering rat killer and 19 theft-related offences.
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