Read the full judgment text of HCCC 334/2016 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 14 December 2017.
1. On 15 October 2015, the defendant in a sustained and frenzied attack, killed his mother. He had returned to the family home in the early hours of the morning on the day in question and an argument ensued with his mother. He picked up a pair of scissors from the kitchen and stabbed her repeatedly all over her body resulting in her death. The autopsy report revealed that the defendant’s mother had sustained 111 stab wounds and 13 cut wounds as well as bruising to her body.