Hair Removal Cream in Shampoo | Auckland News

Auckland News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 12, 2026 · 1m

A 49-year-old man pleaded guilty to poisoning his ex-partner by slipping hair removal cream into her shampoo—triggered by her noticing her hairline was receding. He’d bought the cream under the guise of it being for his wife with sensitive skin, then slipped it into her bottle when she was away. She noticed odd lathering and scalp irritation, took it to her hairdresser, and found a receipt near the trash—leading her to police. Waddel admitted he did it out of resentment over how she treated him, facing up to three years but instead ordered to pay $1,000 for emotional harm with sentencing…