The Taipei District Court has sentenced a woman who repeatedly poisoned an
Australian exchange student, leaving him in critical condition in intensive
care, to 11 years in prison.

The woman was found guilty and convicted of attempted murder.

The court described her crime as premeditated, cruel and showing disregard
for human life.

The court found that woman poisoned Alex Shorey at least three times with rat
poison in 2023, causing him to suffer hypovolemic shock and dehydration.

The judges said her repeated actions showed indifference to whether Shorey
lived or died and amounted to conditional intent to kill.

Prosecutors has presented evidence that the woman mixed the poison into
Shorey's food and drinks in an attempt to stop him from returning to
Australia after completing a Chinese-language program at a university in
northern Taiwan.

The district court ruling can be appealed.

Shorey and his family have filed a civil lawsuit against woman seeking
damages.