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WOMAN DETAINED FOR KILLING MOTHER WITH 60 STAB WOUNDS

A woman who killed her mother in a knife attack has been ordered to be detained at a psychiatric hospital.Carol Craig, 33, stabbed her 52-year-old mother Frances 60 times on the head and body with a kitchen knife in Glasgow last March.The High Court in Edinburgh heard Craig was suffering from the recurrence of a schizoaffective disorder.Judge Lord Tyre told her he was satisfied the conditions were met for detaining her without limit of time.The trial had heard that after the attack at her mother's home Craig, wearing heavily blood-stained pyjamas, was spotted walking along the street with two young children.She was originally charged with the murder, but her plea to the reduced charge of culpable homicide was accepted on the basis of diminished responsibility.

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wearing heavily blood-stained pyjamas, was spotted walking along the street with two young children.She was originally charged with the murder, but her plea to the reduced charge of culpable homicide was accepted on the basis of diminish...

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Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, City, Glasgow City, Scotland, G4

Coordinates: 55.8636, -4.2369

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