An Australian woman wrongfully jailed for a decade has been awarded A$2.3m ($1.7m, £1.1m) in compensation.
Roseanne Beckett was jailed in 1991 for trying killing to kill her ex-husband, but her conviction was quashed in 2005 amid claims she was framed.
She successfully sued the state of New South Wales (NSW) for malicious prosecution in 2013.
On Monday, the Supreme Court of NSW ordered the state to pay Ms Beckett A$2.3m plus interest for malicious prosecution.
There were many twists in the long-running case that was covered extensively by Australian media.
Ms Beckett cried after the judgment was handed down.
"Victory, at long last victory," she told local media.
Many twists
"I have been going to bed with it for 26 years. I have woken up with it for 26 years. I have had nightmares," she said.
In 2013, Ms Beckett accused the Crown and the Department of Public Prosecution of spending hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars blocking her from pursuing her case.
Ms Beckett, who is from the city of Wollongong, south of Sydney, was accused of trying to poison her husband, Barry Catt, and of soliciting other people to kill him.
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