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Undercooked lamb chops lead to mother's stabbing |
2005-05-23 |
A 49-year-old Melbourne woman has pleaded guilty to stabbing her mother in the stomach because the elderly woman complained about the way her lamb chops were cooked. Thomastown woman Julie Smith pleaded guilty in the Victorian Supreme Court to stabbing her 70-year-old mother 48 times in the stomach with a butter knife. The court heard the mother, an invalid, who was confined to her bed most of the time, was unhappy because the lamb chops her daughter prepared for her were not cooked enough. The court heard Smith cooked the chops further for her mother before saying: "Here's your tea is it good enough for you?" The daughter then smashed the plate over her mother's head, before attacking her with the knife. Smith's lawyer told the court his client was terrified of her mother but had ended up being her full-time carer. He said she simply snapped under the weight of fear, stress and anxiety. The hearing continues. |
Posted by:Spavirt Pheng6042 |
#6 Reminds me of Angela Lansbury in The Manchurian Candidate. |
Posted by: Steve White 2005-05-23 18:18 |
#5 Lizzie B! |
Posted by: Rev. Dr. Al Chappeau 2005-05-23 12:02 |
#4 I actually know a woman much like Mama seems to be. I'm going to buy her daughter a butter knife this afternoon. Nasty old harridan... |
Posted by: Fred 2005-05-23 11:59 |
#3 She managed to stick a butter knife in Mama 48 times? Dang, that's some rage. |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-05-23 11:58 |
#2 Please don't go postal...bail funds are low. |
Posted by: Thitch Speang7530 2005-05-23 11:57 |
#1 Well, I shouldn't say this aloud, but as a unmanly, anxious, neurotic momma's boy always on the verge of snapping under the peristent maternal pressure (not to mention my two sisters, especially the over-achieving one), I can relate to Julie real well... Paging Dr. Freud... |
Posted by: Anonymous5089 2005-05-23 09:11 |