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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Kenny Parker & Milica Cosic

Jealous mum with 'empty nest’ syndrome attacks only son who left home to be with girlfriend

A mother suffering from “empty nest” syndrome attacked her only child during a campaign of harassment after she became jealous over him moving out of their family house to set up home with his new girlfriend.

Pauline Randles, 57, punched newly qualified policeman Simon Randles in the face and kicked him in the leg during a violent confrontation after telling him his partner Lauren Stocker was “taking him away from her.”

Over a six week period over-protective parent Mrs Randles, of Neston, Cheshire sent abusive texts to her son, a British Transport Police constable saying: “I wish you were aborted - I wish you were sacked from your job.”

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