Woman not to be indicted over death of British husbandStaff writer, with CNAProsecutors on Thursday said that a Taiwanese woman would not be indicted over the death of her British husband due to insufficient evidence of foul play, but they are seeking a sentence of no less than eight years in a separate case for the attempted rat poison murder of an Australian student. The woman, surnamed Yang (楊), was married to a British national who fell ill in December 2022 with what doctors later diagnosed as a urinary tract infection, the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said. The husband moved to Taiwan with Yang several years earlier and did not keep in touch with his family in the UK. Yang met Shorey the same month her husband died and quickly grew fond of him, prosecutors said. Prosecutors said Yang allegedly spiked his food and drink with rat poison to keep him in Taiwan, leaving him in intensive care.

Source: Taipei Times January 16, 2026 17:13 UTC