Mum and daughter killed after eating Christmas dinner ‘laced with rat poison’

Antonella Di Ielsi, 50, and Sara Di Vita, 15, suffered multiple organ failure and died in Campobasso, southern Italy, days after consuming a festive meal

A mum and daughter in Italy died hours after eating a Christmas dinner which investigators believe could have been laced with rat poison.

Antonella Di Ielsi, 50, and Sara Di Vita, 15, suffered multiple organ failure and died in Campobasso, southern Italy, days after consuming a festive meal.

Gianni Di Vita, Antonella’s husband and Sara’s dad, was also rushed to hospital.